Marlo Thomas Quotes
One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you treat yourself equally to the way you treat a man.
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But what you realise after you've been in the business for a while is that people develop opinions about you that don't have anything to do with your music, they like or dislike you for a million reasons, they like or dislike you for your last record.
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I don't ever know where I'm going. Because one of the wonderful things about writing, which is different than working in programming, you don't need to know. You could just write and discover where you're going. And it's a great deal of fun.
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I was not meant to go deer hunting every fall.
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Even when we have physical hardships, we can be very happy.
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I'll tell you sort of an odd story: My music taste changed on 9/11. And it's very strange. I actually intellectually find this very curious. But on 9/11, I didn't like how rock music responded. And country music collectively, the way they responded, it resonated with me.
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I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government a lot of money.
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I need to meet people to be able to write.
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You learn from things that you experience in life. I'd never want to say that I regret anything or that anything was a mistake. Honestly, that isn't how I have chosen to live my life.
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The difference between the more traditional sports clubs and Congress is that Congress doesn't really compete against another team.
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I never said half the things I said.
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When the EPA says that property owners, farmers, and livestock producers must stomach higher costs, longer delays, and bigger headaches, it's up to Congress to put up a roadblock.
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We should keep on going along the path of globalization. Globalization is good... when trade stops, war comes.
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Regardless of my legislation, spending has to be stopped.
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I don't know what sex appeal is. I don't think you can have sex appeal knowingly. The people who seduce me personally are the people who seem not to know they're seductive, and not to know they have sex appeal.
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It's like I've experienced quite a weird and unusual life, you know, being with a mom who's a single parent and struggling with money and things like that. It's really hard. And it brings a lot of other insecurities in life and a lot of other issues in life, in school and a bunch of other things.
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I was privileged to grow up in Mexico at a time when you could play in the streets. We lived not too far from the ocean, and we would be outside all the time with the neighbours' kids, running free. What better place could there be for a child?
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When a man wrote a political screed against the IRS and flew into its building, he was deemed mentally ill, even though it was clearly a political act. There's a double standard, which is: If his name is Muhammad, it's automatically terrorism.
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I grew up playing in youth orchestras, so they were my most treasured memories, so to be in front of an orchestra playing my own material would be incredible.
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I love writing for young adults because they are such a wonderful audience, they are good readers, and they care about the books they read.
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If you look at the range of Hollywood movies playing in most cities in the developing world, you'd hate the America they portray, too.
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A great man shows his greatness by the way he treats little men.
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You don't necessarily pick the singles that you want when you're making a record, but for the most part it's the same process. You're the artist - you make the music that you want to make.
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One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you treat yourself equally to the way you treat a man.
