Harold Brodkey Quotes
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I see Americans of every party, every background, every faith who believe that we are stronger together: black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American; young, old; gay, straight; men, women, folks with disabilities, all pledging allegiance under the same proud flag to this big, bold country that we love. That's what I see. That's the America I know!
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My parents separated when I was very small. I grew up with my mother, and I was a single child then. She was very independent, doing her things and having fun alone and working.
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It's just about keeping people who are close to me, near. It's important to have people around who love themselves, are true to themselves, who have their own hobbies and their world doesn't revolve around Hollywood.
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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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Politics is the art of the possible.
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There are many problems, but I think there is a solution to all these problems; it's just one, and it's education.
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I grew up in a house full of books, and we belonged to the Country Lending Service - each month the State Library would send us a parcel of books by train.
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Don't dress to kill, dress to survive.
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We confuse activity with progress, and that's always dangerous, especially in war.
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Angulo presents a difficult challenge because he's a fighter who can punch and take a great punch.
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If we slide into a pattern of just thinking about today, we'll end up reacting to yesterday instead of shaping something more constructive in the world.
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I love being a performer. It's like a hole that never closes. It's something in you that never dies.
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Bowie is a musician, but he works like a painter. Thom always thought that we should aspire to that.
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I never feel like there's any one point to the film, to anything, to any of the movies I've made.
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Until Lee Elder, the only blacks at the Masters were caddies or waiters. To ask a black man what he feels about the traditions of the Masters is like asking him how he feels about his forefathers who were slaves.
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I was too prissy, too refined, too abstemious, too French to be a good American writer.
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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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Uchimura is the greatest of all time.
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I am making myself less frequent in the Lady World than I have been. I must keep up my dignity, or rather, I must attend more to politics and less to love.
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No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.
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Slow travel now rivals the fly-to-Barcelona-for-lunch culture. Advocates savour the journey, travelling by train or boat or bicycle, or even on foot, rather than crammed into an airplane. They take time to plug into the local culture instead of racing through a list of tourist traps.
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The team with the best players wins.
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Public radio is alive and kicking, it always has been.
