Bill Keller Quotes
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Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
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We don't know all the answers. If we knew all the answers we'd be bored, wouldn't we? We keep looking, searching, trying to get more knowledge.
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One important theme is the extent to which one can ever correct an error, especially outside any frame of religious forgiveness. All of us have done something we regret – how we manage to remove that from our conscience, or whether that's even possible, interested me.
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Human nature is above all things lazy.
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You are where you are today because you have chosen to be there.
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The power of forgiveness is huge; it is really big, and it can save this world.
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When you read a book, you are letting another person distract your thoughts and work your emotions. If they are adept, there's nothing better than turning off and getting lost.
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I think there will be an increasing convergence between content and commerce, that it will be about following consumers instead of making consumers come to you, and I am especially excited about the various platforms that will allow more and more access to customers.
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I was in 30-plus clubs when I was 14 years old.
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As an actress, it's part of your job to be able to imagine just about anything - even if it's not within your personal experience.
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When I moved in, I said, 'I don't care how this makes me look or sound: I am converting one of these bedrooms into a shoe closet.' It's become more of a dressing room, but one wall is shoes in their perfect cubbies.
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How many movies do you see when you can say this director really knew what film he wanted to make? I can count them on the fingers of one hand.
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What the cops did to Rodney King was wrong, and the officers who beat him should be sent straight to prison.
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And we did it because it's time for City Hall to stop looking out for City Hall and start looking out for the people like you and me who are footing the bill.
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All my heroes wore coats and ties to work. What happened to men wearing hats? Maybe I should bring back hats.
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This is a coup for commissioner Bud Selig. I'm surprised it's as good as it is.
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Nature knows best.
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I've been told I'm out of my mind since I was 11.
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Julie Johnston is what I would call a loud central defender, as far as how she tackles and how she plays - you notice her. And you notice her in a positive way. She's a destroyer. She interrupts plays and tackles the crap out of people. That's a very visual thing.
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Abundance isn't God's provision for me to live in luxury. It's his provision for me to help others live. God entrusts me with his money not to build my kingdom on earth, but to build his kingdom in heaven.
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I find L.A. kind of romantic, actually. As a movie junkie, it's a city that was built by the movies. There's something really weird and surreal about it that I find energizing.
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We love rom-coms, but it's getting to where we don't identify with any of the women in them.
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I kind of got into TV when I went to visit a show my brother was working on. Soon I got the second lead in a TV show.
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I think there's a misconception that I'm opposed to social media.
