Bill Nelson Quotes
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The violinist must possess the poet's gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandists, stockbrokers and slave traders, to penetrate the deeper truth which lies within.
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Be it a village or a city, education is very important, and it always comes into you.
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Nothing is so aggravating than calmness.
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Which is why I felt I was truly blessed this year, with leads in two nice films, and also the luxury of being able to do a studio film and an independent afterwards was fantastic.
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I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story.
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Funding for the original manned Voyager Mars Program was scratched in 1968, before humans had gotten out of Low Earth Orbit. Mid-'60s plans for a Venus fly-by with astronauts actually flying by it met the same fate.
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I don't have time to be that girl who does the super workout. But I try to be as fit as possible, given my schedule. Even if I do 20 minutes a day, it's better than nothing.
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I'm kind of embarrassed by how quickly I adjusted to L.A. I really love it. It's so pleasant.
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I don't believe in personal immortality; the only way I expect to have some version of such a thing is through my books.
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Trans people deserve something vital; they deserve your respect. From that respect comes a more compassionate community.
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My parents were perfectly open-minded about everything. They never tried to convince us of what was true or what wasn't true in their minds. We were just presented with the information that was around and pretty much allowed - though, I mean, we knew how they felt. We knew they didn't go to church. So obviously that had an effect.
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I always preferred my father's pasta the next day, when he'd put it in a hot oven with heaps of extra cheese. It would emerge slightly burned and very crisp on top.
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The government must adopt a rights-based approach that speaks to the needs and aspirations of surrogate mothers, children born out of surrogacy, and all individuals who want access to altruistic surrogacy services.
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I'm bad; I wear trainers with everything: with a dress, skirts, all of that.
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I always try to write the best I can.
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The celebrity aspect is nothing short of ridiculous, and auditioning is brutal and dehumanizing. Every time I see a pretty young girl on the subway reading sides for an audition, my only thought is, 'Man, am I glad I'm not doing that anymore.' I never feel nostalgia, just relief.
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I would be ecstatic if the very first writer to step foot in a Storyknife cabin was an Alaska Native woman writer.
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I believe I am a moderate Democrat: I am pro-business and also progressive.
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I fantasised about F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby' - I loved it, and then I read everything J. D. Salinger had to offer. Then I was turned on to Kerouac, and his spontaneous prose, his stream of consciousness way of writing. I admired him so much, and I romanticised so much about the '40s and '50s.
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He convinced me that if we're going to have honest government that you can't leave it up to the crooks and that honest people have to get involved in government. So I did. I got involved as a criminal prosecutor with the U. S. Justice Department.
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I'm an amused observer. I don't bet or gamble; that's the worst thing.
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Almost all of us growing up have played baseball on some level. It has an inside track with people. It has a unifying effect.
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If the lion didn't bite the tamer every once in a while, it wouldn't be exciting.
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Confederate statues belong in a historical museum, not in a place of honor.
