Charles Ives Quotes
The word 'beauty' is as easy to use as the word 'degenerate.' Both come in handy when one does or does not agree with you.
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Even in the beginning, when we knew there was a legal argument about how much our song sounds like his song, as one songwriter to another, I wasn't sure that Cat Stevens would take that as bad.
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It is the duty of every good officer to obey any orders given him by his commander in chief.
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It is not right to associate the fight against international terrorist networks with an imaginary crusade against Islam.
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Make big pots of soups, stews and chilis - they stretch a buck, and you can live off them for days!
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As a woman, you're not accessible to every world.
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I'm terribly, horribly shy.
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Liberals have to get more comfortable with dealing with the poor as they actually are. I admire their refusal to look down on the least among us, but at some level, that can become an excuse to never really look at the problem at all.
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Once you've done one style, you leave it for a while.
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I have either run private equity funded companies or been a partner in a private equity fund since 1982. I've had a front row view of the vital role private equity continues to play in building and keeping American businesses competitive in the global economy.
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I never put on a pair of shoes until I've worn them at least five years.
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As people, right now, we're so over-stimulated in this world that I don't know what I'd do in Wyoming. I really don't know what I'd do. I would probably have a heart attack because I'd be so lonely, and I'd actually have to listen to myself think. That's a terrifying prospect for myself, and I'm sure many other people as well.
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In a world in which the total of human knowledge is doubling about every ten years, our security can rest only on our ability to learn.
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There was a small window when I wanted to be an astronaut. It may have coincided with not getting cast in a high school play.
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Every girl wishes she was Juliet in some version of their life.
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It must be nice for today's hitters when you don't have to worry about being thrown at. It's a whole different deal. When I played, getting knocked down was an accepted part of the game.
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I'm a massive yoga head. Lots of yoga and lots of running. I do Bikram yoga. I adore it.
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I had a great time with John Duigan; he's pretty amazing.
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I think people, especially in the Muslim community, are rightly cautious any time you hear, 'Oh, there's going to be a Muslim character.'
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I honestly have no strategy whatsoever. I'm waiting for that script to pop through the letterbox and completely surprise me.
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...if you're going to waste an opportunity, there are a few important things to remember. Do it in style. Do it in public. And, above all, do it in Manchester.
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Every man should use his intellect, not as he uses his lamp in the study, only for his own seeing, but as the lighthouse uses its lamps, that those afar off on the seas may see the shining, and learn their way.
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The word 'beauty' is as easy to use as the word 'degenerate.' Both come in handy when one does or does not agree with you.
