Bess Myerson Quotes
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I believe that dogma is often evil.
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What I'm trying to do is save and rescue the country if I can, and I'm doing my best to do it.
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I've always been into sports and yoga and running. I actually study a martial arts self-defense program called Krav Maga. I can't quite say it's easy, but it's fun for me and I love to do it.
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Our planet's lands and oceans are already stretched to meet the demands of 7 billion people. The human population continues to grow. The search for sustainable solutions is an economic and a moral imperative if we are to create the future we want.
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Zionism was originally a rebellion against religious Judaism and the PLO Charter was essentially secularist. But because the conflict was allowed to fester without a resolution, religion got sucked into the escalating cycle of violence and became part of the problem.
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I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.
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When I was a child we were sufficiently well off for me to be a picky eater and I still cannot eat vegetables cooked in the traditional British manner.
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I like second chances. I've given people second chances. You have fall-outs with friends, and forgiveness is a great thing to have. It's not easy to forgive. I definitely don't forget, but I do forgive.
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A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job.
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I listen to music almost any time I'm not sleeping, 'hanging out' with specific people, or showering.
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Good architecture should be a projection of life itself, and that implies an intimate knowledge of biological, social, technical, and artistic problems.
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Nobody knows me, and I hope that it stays like this.
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Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.
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Defeating racism, tribalism, intolerance and all forms of discrimination will liberate us all, victim and perpetrator alike.
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Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets.
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When it comes to helping make the country strong, we in Congress have an important role to play.
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The ability to convince people of the wackiest notions - and both parties can do it - it's part of the dumbing down of America that's really highly problematic.
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I'm interested in everything. I don't see why Borges can't work along with Neil Gaiman, or Stephen King can't be mixed with Balzac. It's just storytelling; it's different ways of using codes and images and words and sounds.
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Sometimes I've looked at a plate of food and wondered if it wouldn't look better as a hat.
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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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Whenever I get a little chance to get to Orlando, I like to take a couple days' break with the family, just hang out, go clubbing around town.
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Being in Nashville was not me, and I needed to go home and reset before I got in over my head.
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I want to impact some lives down the road, one by one, and I want people to look at my story and my life as an inspiration.
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I never like other people to clean for me. I don't want them to invade my own privacy.
