Marlo Thomas Quotes
When I was growing up, my mother was always a friend to my siblings and me (in addition to being all the other things a mom is), and I was always grateful for that because I knew she was someone I could talk to and joke with, and argue with and that nothing would ever harm that friendship.
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Most actors go, 'I read the script and fell in love with it'; I fall in love with the directors.
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For me, and this may not be everybody, but because I do love country music so much, there's such a feeling of home in Nashville, especially because it's such a small town. You bring up one song, everybody knows who wrote it, everybody knows their mother and what their cell number is, and all of the stories.
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
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I believe in aging gracefully.
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You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.
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He who improves an opportunity sows a seed which will yield fruit in opportunity for himself and others.
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I'm committed to the goal of Senate Bill 324, and that is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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On the one hand, the rich look askance at our continuing poverty - on the other, they warn us against their own methods.
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After the revolution, it might very well remain necessary to place people where they could not do harm to others. But the one under restraint should be cut off from the rest of society as little as possible.
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I must have been 3 years old or less, and I remember paging through these comics, trying to figure out the stories. I couldn't read the words, so I made up my own stories.
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Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.
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My wife attends a Presbyterian church.
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I'm a huge Wong Kar-Wai fan.
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My childhood was appalling.
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Putin can't afford to leave the office because he will be in real danger of being prosecuted for things he and his people did during their stay in power.
Garry Kasparov -
I don't wanna be preached to. Unless it's in a beautiful voice, I don't want that.
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I had thought about becoming a civil rights lawyer, but I gave it up.
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You know, my mum's always encouraged me and never made my gender an issue, I guess. She brought me up to believe in equality, as opposed to feminism or sexism – so it just meant that my gender was not relevant to what I was capable of achieving.
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Every group has its idiosyncrasies, but at a certain point we all are human.
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You want to harbor your resources and try not to make a mistake.
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The world must come together to confront climate change. There is little scientific dispute that if we do nothing, we will face more drought, famine and mass displacement that will fuel more conflict for decades.
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Do we fear terrorism so much that we throw out our Constitution, and are we unwilling and afraid to debate our Constitution?
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People identify with me - everyone does - African American women, Caucasian women, they all identify with me because I'm ethnic.
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When I was growing up, my mother was always a friend to my siblings and me (in addition to being all the other things a mom is), and I was always grateful for that because I knew she was someone I could talk to and joke with, and argue with and that nothing would ever harm that friendship.
