Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes
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With network, shows are pulled half the time after three episodes whether they're good or they're not good. It's a numbers game. With cable, they can take a lot more liberties.
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God's not thinking about your mistakes, failures or shortcomings. No, His thoughts toward you are good.
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While others prayed for the good time coming, I worked for it.
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I always suggest that when you're going through cancer to find something in your day that makes you feel centered and that makes you feel good.
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For fiction, I'm not particularly nationalistic. I'm not like the Hugo Chavez of Latin American letters, you know? I want people to read good work.
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The biggest challenge is always the governments - they try to stop all good things. I try to stay away from them as much as I can, as I know if someone can destroy something good, it's the government.
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Film has always been a really good tool for me to communicate emotion about why I create a collection. I'm probably one of the first designers to make short films.
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When the divine vision is attained, all appear equal; and there remains no distinction of good and bad, or of high and low.
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I feel like I've got a pretty good presence online through Instagram and Facebook. I just keep it simple.
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Sports in Indonesia aren't being supported by the government. The rewards you get as a young player don't match the effort you put in. I want to be different from other athletes, if not better, and I want to make something good out of my profile and help the younger players have opportunities.
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I am not a political writer. I agree with Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell, who are social writers. I can't write in that fashion. I am not good enough for that. What I am interested in is family dramas and why we are doing bad things to each other and what our motives are.
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My favorite roles usually have to do with the story, if it's a good story I usually enjoy doing the character.
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I don't know... part of, I suppose, my way out of everything, has been really taking care of myself. I think that comes from an awareness that my children really need me, and they need me to be the healthiest version of myself that I can possibly be.
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Music's always been really cathartic. It's the best drug for me to get away from the everyday pressures just for a second via a good song.
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A man generally has two reasons for doing a thing. One that sounds good, and a real one.
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We need to say that women have sex, have abortions, are at peace with the decision, and move on with their lives. We need to say that is their right, and, moreover, it's good for everyone that they have this right: The whole society benefits when motherhood is voluntary.
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People in America and Hollywood are very good at pronouncing my name, to begin with. Socially, they're very adept at listening to somebody's name and repeating it, cleverly in the first couple of sentences so the name sticks to begin with.
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I love to draw and paint. I'm very active in that way, but I'm not very good with the written word, though.
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Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that.
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I have a 4-year-old and a 14-year-old, and think I missed a recital and a graduation, and they were like 'It's OK mommy, we'll take pictures.' It was my upset, though... they were just fine! I just give them a kiss and a hug and let them know that I love them every day.
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One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.
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There is usually enough of everything on the table except cream.
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I have to say I'm all for public flogging. One type of criminal that a public humiliation might work particularly well with are the juvenile delinquents, a lot of whom consider it a badge of honor to be sent to juvenile detention. And it might not be such a cool thing in the 'hood' to be flogged publicly.
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There is nothing I love as much as a good fight.
