Ricky Nelson Quotes
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Like working families all across the state, we must find a way to make government live within its means.
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It's unresolved conflict in my life that I have a lovely family and a risky job.
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Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.
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I taught a lot of art history, especially Chinese, Japanese, and Indian. But the painting classes came back. The nudes came back. Not so much the still lifes. So now our department is the worst department, partly because it has the worst facilities.
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The American Federation of Teachers has a long track record of working with administrators, parents, and communities to provide real help to struggling students and low-performing schools. We've learned that intensive interventions, proven programs, and adequate resources can transform students' lives and their schools.
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Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
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It's jarring to live in a world where every person feels his life will only get better when you came from a world where many rightfully believe that things have become worse. And I've suspected that this optimism blinds many in Silicon Valley to the real struggles in other parts of the country. So I decided to move home to Ohio.
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Here is the dirty little secret about anti-abortion violence: It works.
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When you develop a reputation for being responsive and generous, an ever-expanding mountain of requests will come your way.
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A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.
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This little bathtub smells like ass.24.
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'Sight-seeing is the art of disappointment,' I quoted.
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A man’s body and the needs of his body are now everywhere treated with a tender indulgence. Is the thinking mind then, to be the only thing that is never to obtain the slightest measure of consideration or protection, to say nothing of respect?
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What I think improv is great for is making dialogue more natural.
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I'm not in the business of becoming famous. And that's the advice I give to younger aspiring actors. Work onstage and do the little roles. In the end it's not important to be seen. It's important to do. There's a lot of disappointment in this business, but my family keeps me grounded.
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I'm in the communications business.
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Can you design a Rorschach test that's going to make everyone feel something every time - and that looks like a Rorschach test? It's easy to show a picture of a kitten or a car accident. The question is, how abstract can you get and still get the audience to feel something when they don't know what's happening to them?
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Drawing is like the first kiss. It carries within it the deepest emotion and the challenge of the first step. It is the first cry after birth.
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The things we do outlast our mortality. The things we do are like monuments that people build to honor heroes after they've died. They're like the pyramids that the Egyptians built to honor the pharaohs. Only instead of being made of stone, they're made out of the memories people have of you.
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Legislatures represent people, not acres or trees.
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I have been working up until recently with Neil Simon, who has been adapting the character to me.
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This just hasn't quite fit in, but I think I'll be playing here every year because my wife loves this spot. She said we're coming here every year, and that's fine by me.
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If memories were all I sang, I'd rather drive a truck.
