Martha Beck Quotes
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Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation are not utopian ideals. They are critical to global peace and security.
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Half of my closet is Barbie clothes - PVC skirts, cropped fuzzy sweaters, and velvet minis.
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France is a fantastic country. It's between the Anglo-Saxon and Latin cultures. We have some of the Anglo-Saxon rigor, and some of the Latin quirkiness.
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From my experience and understanding, I believe money follows name and fame, while recognition calls for a huge amount of sacrifice. To get something, you have to lose something. That's the rule of life.
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My fans are so loving and encouraging. They're with me on good days and bad days.
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A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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My dad doesn't hug me enough!
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America gives every appearance of being a nation besotted with trashiness - divorce, illegitimacy, casual Fridays.
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My one issue in this country is to get on a firm financial footing. There's not much you can do if you're bankrupt.
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I'm not trying to be a star on TV. I am who I am, which I hope comes out. I have a little bit of a different sense than most people know, and it takes a while to get used to it.
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These days politics, religion, media seem to get all mixed up. Television became the new religion a long time back and the media has taken over.
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I've always been a Nike person.
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It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to our death.
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It's nerve wracking being in the stadium with so many people supporting.
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I will be the president of the nation who keeps pledges.
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I had an entrepreneurial spirit and started branching out from there.
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'The Burning Dark' needs a certain kind of soundtrack - something dark and moody, electronic, weird. One of my favourite bands is Ladytron, and I think they'd fit the bill quite well.
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Pittsburgh was a great team. Coach Noll, Joe Greene, Jack Lambert, L.C. Greenwood and all those guys did a great job. That's the team that kept us from winning two Super Bowls. It was a great rivalry.
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Our whole economy is based on planned obsolescence.
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No man ever listened himself out of a job.
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I think Pixar's done an amazing job integrating art and science. They really get this idea that art and engineering work side by side.
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I want to see children curled up with books, finding an awareness of themselves as they discover other people's thoughts. I want them to make the connection that books are people's stories, that writing is talking on paper, and I want them to write their own stories. I'd like my books to provide that connection for them.
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The guy I'd felt such an immediate and deep connection to I'd thought that just maybe there really were such things as soul mates, and had considered, at least for a few brief moments, that he might be mine.
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Loneliness is proof that your innate search for connection is intact.
