Marlo Thomas Quotes
It's because it was at a time when women didn't have any power. It was so unusual for a young woman in her 20s to have power that I seized the power but tried not to flaunt it.
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Preschoolers have a way of grabbing your attention. Mine help me not to be a baseball player at home.
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It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character.
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The fact that we live in a world where black people have to strategize so they're not brutalized by police is insane.
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Why do we make records? Because we want to say something. Why are you in art? Because you want to say something. The second you don't have anything to say, you stop making art - you might start making product. And I'm interested in being an artist.
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I believe that stories find writers, writers don't find stories. With the 'Pendragon' series, I actually had multiple story ideas and decided that instead of writing them individually, I would create a character whose journey would thread them all together.
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I have gotten more flak for being a conservative Republican than I have for being trans.
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There really is no difference between the bully and the victim.
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Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.
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I like the idea of being so passionate about everything I do and the fact that I might wake up tomorrow and say 'I want to be a chef,' and just pour myself into that.
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If it is a mistake of the head and not the heart don't worry about it, that's the way we learn.
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In the year 3000, everything will be instant.
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I guess I'd be put in the ID politics camp. But there is really nothing in the world-view of, say, Bernie Sanders I actually disagree with. I'd like a guaranteed income, single-payer health care, a stronger safety net, etc. The problem is the temptation to paper over historically fraught issues to achieve that is tempting.
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Man, in his animal capacity, is qualified to subsist in every climate.
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I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly.
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If we continue to fight the National Rifle Association on their home court, which is the legislative front, I think we'll continue to be frustrated. But when you have an ability to go directly to the public, that's a completely different field of engagement, and I think the NRA is not adept at that kind of engagement.
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As long as there have been elections, there have been attempts to keep eligible people from voting.
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I know that there's people that have expectations of me, and I'm a people pleaser, so I want them to be happy.
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I will do as I usually do. Tomorrow is going to be a day like any other day.
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I played Miley Cyrus' grandma on 'Hannah Montana,' and the first time I was on, they said, 'We love having veterans like you on because she's like a little sponge, and she's really appreciative of all the veterans that are coming on the show, and we just love that you're teaching her.'
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I think that there's a liberal element out there that finds me not acceptable. They don't like my stance on a lot of issues because I am conservative.
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When the sands are all dry, he is gay as a lark, And will talk in contemptuous tones of the Shark: But, when the tide rises and sharks are around, His voice has a timid and tremulous sound.
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False hope is clung to with all one's might and main, till a day comes when it has sucked the heart dry and it forcibly breaks through its bonds and departs. After that comes the misery of awakening, and then once again the longing to get back into the maze of the same mistakes.
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What men and women need is encouragement. Their natural resisting powers should be strengthened, not weakened ... Instead of always harping on a man's faults, tell him of his virtues. Try to pull him out of his rut ... Hold up to him his better self, his real self that can dare and do and win out! ... People radiate what is in their minds and in their hearts.
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It's because it was at a time when women didn't have any power. It was so unusual for a young woman in her 20s to have power that I seized the power but tried not to flaunt it.
