Emily Dickinson Quotes
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Thousands of years and many civilizations have defined a marriage as the union between one man and one woman. With few exceptions, those civilizations that did not follow that perished.
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I never thought 'Stairway to Heaven' was a long song. I loved how there was this part and then there was another part that was completely different.
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In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.
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Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.
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I'm not really into movies on dates because you can't chat it up.
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In high school, during lunchtime I would go in the room where the wrestling mats were and try different flips and different moves. Like windmills. I just started mixing martial arts with jazz and contemporary stuff and it would get mashed together and became my style.
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The record company doesn't know what to do with me, because I'm not a Lily Allen, but I'm not really an indie artist, either. All the best artists have been in the middle.
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One of the things I love about writing is the way you can use what you know and what you've experienced, without actually writing about yourself. I've given many of my experiences and perceptions to many of the characters in the book, but none of them is me.
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It was hard to admit I had a problem when I still had money, property, prestige. How can I have a problem when I'm driving my new Mercedes, and it's paid for, and I have a house at Malibu?
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People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
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This president goes into office with more expectations than any president I can ever remember in my lifetime.-2008
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The purpose of the suit is to harass and discourage rather than to win. The law can be used very easily to harass, and enough harassment on somebody who is simply on the thin edge anyway, well knowing that he is not authorized, will generally be sufficient to cause his professional decease. If possible, of course, ruin him utterly.
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Becoming a human doing was exactly what society needed. But for an individual man, becoming a human doing was his undoing.
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It's about not accepting every little challange thrown at you. Sometimes you hold back and when it's needed you go for it.
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The brave man inattentive to his duty, is worth little more to his country, than the coward who deserts her in the hour of danger.
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Different cultures produce a different 'cool.' And your perception of 'cool' changes depending on where you are.
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The legal difference between the sit-ins and the Freedom Riders was significant.
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My poetry is a declaration of war, not an exordium to defeat. It is not the defeated soldier's drumbeat of despair, but the fighting warrior's will to win. It is not the de-spirited voice of dejection but the stirring shout of victory.
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He looked me right in the face and said, 'You fucking bulldyke!' And I thought to myself, 'Oooh, what a smart man! Why, I'll bet he took one look at me and knew I was white, too!'
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I was the principal negotiator for the Department of Defense, when I was secretary of the Navy, on the issue of Toshiba technology concerns with American submarines.
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The past is not a package one can lay away.
