Friedrich St. Florian Quotes
I really feel that my life story is a continuation of the Great American Dream - the immigrant who comes to this country and is allowed to excel. How many other countries would let me do that?
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The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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I don't ever remember a single day of hopelessness. I knew from the history of the labor movement, especially of the black people, that it was an undertaking of great trial. That, live or die, I had to stick with it, and we had to win.
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My attitude is always one of sensuality, aggressive enthusiasm and a kind of outrageousness in my expression.
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I'm so bad at baseball, I can't even hit now.
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When I was younger, I wanted to marry early, like at 23. Year by year, I found things I wanted to do, and the thought of marriage disappeared. But I don't want to marry too late. Around 31?
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Some of the greatest survivors have been women. Look at the courage so many women have shown after surviving earthquakes in the rubble for days on end.
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Our censorship has sort of gotten a little too far. Too much censorship is just as bad as having none at all. Children need to be exposed to things, because if they don't see it, eventually, it's not like it's not going to happen, but it's just that there needs to be a balance.
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I've always been extremely physical. I was a gymnast for 15 years, and then I was a dancer for nine, so I was kind of looking for these parts. But we have a tendency in Denmark not to do many action films.
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I like egg white omelets with veggies, or oatmeal with almonds and fruit.
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I have the necessary lack of tact.
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Maven is very much a haunting presence in 'Glass Sword.' His influence is everywhere, and he dogs Mare and Cal like no other. He's my favorite character to write because he's so complex, but also because he affects everyone else so deeply. He's kind of like the source of gravity. Everyone moves around him and what he's done.
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I hope to instill, in every child I meet, my love and enthusiasm for reading and stories.
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Music is such a part of my soul.
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If people have bought something of mine, they know by now that I will decline writing it for the movies.
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I got to see Jack White. I love his new album. There's a song on the album called 'I Think I Should Go to Sleep' that my son loves. We play it on a loop around the house, and he just bounces around.
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Care for life and physical health, with due regard for the needs of others and the common good, is concomitant with respect for human dignity.
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The offseason is when you try to gain strength. You have 162 games during the year, so you've got to pick and choose the times work out.
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Congress is unable to do the work of the American people because too many politicians believe that compromise means capitulation.
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Daniel Ek, the C.E.O. of Spotify, is a rock star of the tech world, but he is not long on charisma.
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For three years now, our brave men and women in uniform have done everything their country has asked of them, yet President Bush still does not have a plan to win the peace in Iraq and bring our troops home.
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You try to be young, maybe you like to have a few toys, but it's not the most important thing in life.
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I had always realized it was desirable to gear down the jet.
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I really feel that my life story is a continuation of the Great American Dream - the immigrant who comes to this country and is allowed to excel. How many other countries would let me do that?
