Frederick Marryat Quotes
I would rather write for the instruction, or even the amusement of the poor than for the amusement of the rich.
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Each of us becomes a new person as we re-describe the past.
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Hollywood needs to recognise all shades of African American beauty.
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I think we're socialized out of being women, and then we have to find our way back to it. That's hard to do.
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Well, youth is the period of assumed personalities and disguises. It is the time of the sincerely insincere.
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Skiffle was a name that was attached to what was, in essence, American folk music with a beat.
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Too often in our communities many families have not even been aware that certain charities exist; and at the same time, there are many who are willing to volunteer their energy and their resources to help these charities, yet they do not know these charities even exist.
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How can the cost of education be the cost of life? It is unacceptable; it is reprehensible that we have allowed it to fester.
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Look at the way sports, music and film have become driving forces of popular culture. Fashion is the fourth pillar.
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Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle.
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My priorities are making sure we reduce class size and close the achievement gap.
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I don't like doing most things unless I can do them quite well.
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Words that are carefully framed and spoken are the most powerful means of communication there is.
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We all have our down days, but it's not hard to smile and say, 'Thank you.'
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Building new roads and bridges creates jobs. Growing our exports creates jobs. Reforming our outdated tax system and our broken immigration system creates jobs.
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I plan on working out for the first part of the day, because if I let my day get away from me, the workout is out the window!
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Of course, recognising our common humanity is only the beginning of our task. Words alone cannot meet the needs of our people. These needs will be met only if we act boldly in the years ahead; and if we understand that the challenges we face are shared, and our failure to meet them will hurt us all.
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Justice doesn’t exist! We did worse things. Nobody deserves to go to that place, Alec said. Anyway, weren’t you Christian types supposed to forgive everybody?I will shed no tears for that bastard’s damnation, said Nicholas stonily.No wonder nobody’s left that believes in your stupid religion, said Alec.
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When you play long enough, everybody goes through spells and streaks and slumps of some nature. I think it's just one of the those things where you have to play yourself out of it.
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In my early professional years I was asking the question: How can I treat, or cure, or change this person? Now I would phrase the question in this way: How can I provide a relationship which this person may use for his own personal growth?
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When I was growing up, it was the guys who were hardest at school who got the prettiest girls. It's a status thing.
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Laughter is regional: a smile extends over the whole face.
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I would rather write for the instruction, or even the amusement of the poor than for the amusement of the rich.
