Fannie Hurst Quotes
Any writer worth the name is always getting into one thing or getting out of another thing.
Quotes to Explore
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The most important role of a leader is to set a clear direction, be transparent about how to get there and to stay the course.
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When one takes action for others, one's own suffering is transformed into the energy that can keep one moving forward; a light of hope illuminating a new tomorrow for oneself and others is kindled.
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I was the kid who never won the races. I never jumped the highest. I wasn't on the list of the high-achieving.
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My parents never understood why I didn't want to be a doctor or lawyer. They're Cuban immigrants who wanted to give their children the American dream, and, to them, that was more of what 'the dream' entailed.
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We confuse activity with progress, and that's always dangerous, especially in war.
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Exposure to a diversity of disciplines has been exceptionally helpful to me.
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I could go to London in 2012. I will only be 37.
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Opera is the most complete art form. It includes drama, acting, technology (lighting), art (the sets), dance, and the epitome of the human voices. But mostly, go for the glorious music. The arts are crucial to the life of every community.
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The police must obey the law while enforcing the law.
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To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!
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As Senator, I will always put the health and safety of New Hampshire's families first.
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Our forefathers made one mistake. What they should have fought for was representation without taxation.
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I have a pretty fancy facialist, this woman Dale Breault. Getting older, it's a good thing to have a serious facialist.
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As an actor, the first thing you're taught is, 'Don't look into the camera; ignore it.'
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The one thing you can ask, I think, is that actors get paid a living wage. I would like it if all the repertory theatres that currently exist could do that. It would make a huge difference.
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The most influential thinker, in my life, has been the psychologist Richard Nisbett. He basically gave me my view of the world.
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One can resist the invasion of an army but one cannot resist the invasion of ideas.
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A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier.
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As policy makers, our interest isn't necessarily the narrow interests of specific corporations but the national security interests of the United States.
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It's much easier to write when you're sad. But you can end up isolated and depressed because you almost need to put yourself in that situation to have that angst to write from.
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It is important that the United States move with all deliberate speed to develop and get into usage alternative fuels that will allow us to end our dependence on foreign oil.
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I'm a bit of a magpie: whatever I see or hear or read feeds into the songs.
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We're Jews, my family, and Jews break down into two distinct subcultures: book Jews and money Jews. We were money Jews.
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Any writer worth the name is always getting into one thing or getting out of another thing.
