Mark Hopkins Quotes
Religion without morality is a superstition and a curse, and morality without religion is impossible.
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I'm really, really interested in the job of acting. I can really care less about being famous. I'm more about the work, and 'The Big C' was amazing, so I wanted to be a part of it.
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May Heaven be propitious, and smile on the cause of my country.
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The cool thing about writing is that there is really never a typical day. Sometimes I get a rhythm going and head off to work every morning and come home at night. Sometimes I'll write for two days straight and then be utterly blank for the next two.
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I don't do nostalgia. It just doesn't occur to me. I'm living in the moment, and I don't have that gene.
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The basic law of capitalism is you or I, not both you and I.
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When I was living in New York, I had this slightly wannabe bohemian existence and took up painting, at which I'm appalling. I also bought several guitars.
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Growing old gracefully used to begin at about 35, but today women prefer to 'stay young gratefully' with thanks to designers, beauticians and plastic surgeons.
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Most Israelis do want to keep Israel safe. The question is how do you do that.
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What's David's role? David looks good, that's what David does. David looks good, and I'm the funny one, that's what I hear constantly. But I keep telling him that looks fade.
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When I was climbing, I built up a close relationship with the Sherpa people.
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I shall not change my course because those who assume to be better than I desire it.
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We worked lightly even in the heaviest parts.
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I was a victim of a stereotype. There were only two of us Negro kids in the whole class, and our English teacher was always stressing the importance of rhythm in poetry. Well, everybody knows - except us - that all Negroes have rhythms, so they elected me class poet.
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Donald Trump begins his political career in birtherism. That idea is connected to a very, very old notion that African-Americans are not citizens.
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I believe that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, if you don't have a good breakfast, then what are you going to do with the rest of your day. I get scared when I don't have a good breakfast!
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You don't train someone for all of those years of medical school and residency, particularly people who want to help others optimize their physical and psychological health, and then have them run a claims-processing operation for insurance companies.
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Boundaries, and countries, if we don't have that we are all brothers and sisters, we can all have love and joy and compassion for each other: the world would be much more beautiful.
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The demand for group rights will widen in the society, because social life increasingly becomes organized on a group basis.
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The sexist perception that violence by anyone against only women is anti-woman while violence by a woman against only men is just generic violence creates a political demand for laws that are even more protective of women.
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You think of George Washington, this man who was larger than life, and in some ways he was. But at the same time, he's just a person.
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I have a full Tuscan lunch and dinner every day in my home; my husband's a fantastic chef.
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The advertisers who believe in the selling power of jingles have never had to sell anything.
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'Idol' was groundbreaking television. I am very fortunate to have won the show at the time. 'Idol' changed my life, and I am thankful.
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Religion without morality is a superstition and a curse, and morality without religion is impossible.
