Nell Scovell (Helen Vivian Scovell) Quotes
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There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence, may pass between them at too great a distance to reach either.
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I'd probably put myself in the top 1% in knowledge of blight in the city of Detroit.
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In the U.S., we didn't have scale, and without scale, it's difficult to operate.
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If I think back on the books to which I have devoted my entire life, I am most surprised by those moments when I have felt as if the sentences, dreams, and pages that have made me so ecstatically happy have not come from my own imagination - that another power has found them and generously presented them to me.
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It's special to have people see you and tell you, 'You make me laugh.' That makes me feel good. I think if you have the talent to do it, it's your duty to pass it on.
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I don't like music docs, usually. There's nothing to really say. What can you say about music? Normally, you can't say too much. There are a few really good ones, but the majorities are boring, I think.
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The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly.
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I think maybe because I do other things and they mean as much to me as movie acting, it takes the onus off me. It's not the end of the world if I can't get a film job, or if a movie doesn't turn out well - even though I don't like it when that happens.
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You've got to be confident when you're competing. You've got to be a beast.
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I think, with every kid I coach, I'm trying to get them to do the right thing all the time. I always feel like you should raise the bar. There needs to be expectations.
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And it is easy to believe you are not good enough if you listen to everybody else.
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I'm not a wealthy person because I was never a star. I was a working actor and a supporting actor.
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I exempt you of being present in my idea of you.
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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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Most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people.
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More government isn't going to help you get ahead. It's going to hold you back. More government isn't going to create more opportunities. It's going to limit them. And more government isn't going to inspire new ideas, new businesses and new private sector jobs. It's going to create uncertainty.
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A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back - but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you.
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When beginning the cold open with another person Please state your name for the camera.
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For this relief, much thanks
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I will say I am the sum of my books.
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It's outrageous to me when I see people hate on someone because of their sexuality. I hate the intolerance. I hate the judgment. I hate it so much.
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A single thought transfuses every form; The sunny day is changed into the storm, For light is dark, hard soft, and cold is warm.One presence fill and floods the whole serene; Nothing can be, nothing has ever been, Except the one truth that creates the scene.
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We're an unselfish team. When you move the ball, you get the best shot. The ball is getting into the right people's hands at the right time.
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I've been speaking out about harassment and gender disparity for years.
