Christine Todd Whitman Quotes
The irony here is this administration is spending more money on climate change research and development than any administration in all the rest of the industrialized world combined.
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
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I know there are a lot of people out there who have the best intentions but not the voice, so it's about people like me to give them a voice and hear their ideas.
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There are lots of people who haven't been to drama school who have great talent and can be discovered.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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I think most writers will say that at the start of each book they think, 'I'm not sure I can do this.' But eventually, you reach a magical point where the story suddenly becomes real to you, and you become totally invested in it.
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You have to find out how to become the character.
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I think punditry serves no purpose.
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Balance is key in cooking - you want a little acid, a little sweet, a little savory - the flavors should be harmonious.
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I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.
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The last thing you want to do when you are about to film a scene is think, 'Oh my God, so many people are going to watch this.'
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Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.
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The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.
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Back in the day, cooking definitely was the thing where you could make a lot of money. Also, it was something that I liked to do.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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I think my novel, 'Walden Two,' has made people stop and look at the culture they have inherited and wonder if it is the last word or whether it can be changed.
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Nocebos often cause a physical effect, but it's not a physically produced effect. What's the cause? In many cases, it's an unanswered question.
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I like other people's kids and being able to give them back when I want to.
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Commercials capture your attention, that's all.
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I'm usually cast for the more goofy and tomboyish characters.
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Show me a person without prejudice of any kind on any subject and I'll show you someone who may be admirably virtuous but is surely no gardener. Prejudice against people is reprehensible, but a healthy set of prejudices is a gardener's best friend. Gardening is complicated, and prejudice simplifies it enormously.
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It is just as important to set apart time for the development of our aesthetic faculties as for cultivating the money-getting instinct. A man cannot live by bread alone. His higher life demands an impalpable food.
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The place I like best in this world is the kitchen. No matter where it is, no matter what kind, if it’s a kitchen, if it’s a place where they make food, it’s fine with me. Ideally it should be well broken in. Lots of tea towels, dry and immaculate. Where tile catching the light (ting! Ting!)” (p. 3).
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Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person.
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The irony here is this administration is spending more money on climate change research and development than any administration in all the rest of the industrialized world combined.
