Eddie Slovik Quotes
I'm sorry I didn't go to jail for six months, then I know you could come to see me anytime you wanted to.
Quotes to Explore
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Snobbery just inhibits you.
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Design in art, is a recognition of the relation between various things, various elements in the creative flux. You can't invent a design. You recognize it, in the fourth dimension. That is, with your blood and your bones, as well as with your eyes.
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I want to go into science class and awaken that spark that makes learning possible.
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My family are the epicenter of all my decisions.
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My personality is extremely unbalanced.
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That term, 'David and Goliath,' has entered our language as a metaphor for improbable victories by some weak party over someone far stronger.
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Ideas are elusive, slippery things. Best to keep a pad of paper and a pencil at your bedside, so you can stab them during the night before they get away.
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The McCain-Feingold limit on how much you give a candidate didn't really work because people found ways to get around it.
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The whole atmosphere of the book, the tone of 'The Hobbit,' is of a kid's adventure story, told in the first person by Tolkien, who is introducing young people to the notion of Middle-earth. A lot of it is very light-hearted.
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Real friendship, like real poetry, is extremely rare - and precious as a pearl.
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Ending Iran's nuclear threat and bringing it into the international community of law-abiding nations is one of the most pressing U.S. foreign policy objectives.
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The greatest cunning is to have none at all.
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I like things simple.
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I'm really into Greek yogurt, fruit and almonds. Those are my 'go-to' snacks.
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Our new pro-growth tax policy will be like a shot of adrenaline into the heart of the Kansas economy.
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'The Outsiders' died on the vine being sold as a drugstore paperback.
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It's always, 'Are you the runner girl?' I say, 'My name is Sally actually.' I used to always get that at school as well, 'Are you the runner girl?' I'm not even the runner girl, I'm a hurdler.
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America's fine, nice, nice hiking near L.A. But I am European. I love London and Paris. Friends and intellect, big thought, why not?
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If the brutal facts are not faced by leaders, the brutal reality sets in.
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The idea that a pupil is a passive recipient, a container waiting to be filled by the teacher's knowledge and instruction - all this is nonsense. Teaching is a living relationship, of give and take, of mutual learning.
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Trying is the first step toward failure.
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Takes a man or a woman to say I'm sorry, and it takes a fool to walk away.
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I'm sorry I didn't go to jail for six months, then I know you could come to see me anytime you wanted to.
