Debra Winger Quotes
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Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song.
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Few words in any language carry such a load of meaning as 'honor.' It is an old word, unchanged even in its spelling from classical Latin to modern English. Spoken or written, it does not seem to require much explanation; most people think they know what it means.
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The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy.
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After 20 years, a million written words, and nine rejected novels, I finally landed a book contract.
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It's important to have good tunes, but words are the thing for me.
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Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.
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The 'soul' is one of the words you can use to talk about your innermost being, the essence of who you are.
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But I now entered on my fifteenth year - a sad epoch in the life of a slave girl. My master began to whisper foul words in my ear. Young as I was, I could not remain ignorant of their import.
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It's fairness to say those who work hard, get up in the morning, cut their cloth - in other words 'we can only afford to have one or two children because we don't earn enough'. They pay their taxes and they want to know that the same kind of decision-making is taking place for those on benefits.
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If the great Government of the United States were a private corporation no bank would take its name on a piece of paper, because it has cynically repudiated the words engraved upon its bonds.
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Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.
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Socrates gave a lifetime to the outpouring of his substance in the shape of the greatest benefits bestowed on all who cared to receive them. In other words, he made those who lived in his society better men and sent them on their way rejoicing.
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If you want to understand Jesus, you have to study the whole Bible. Christian duty is not defined solely by the words in red.
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My dad would tell me bedtime stories, and he used to always leave them open-ended and finish at a crucial point with the words, 'dream on'. Then it was my responsibility to finish the story as I was drifting off to sleep. We would call them dreaming stories.
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I write exactly what I think. If it's a raw subject, I write lots of things and then pull out all the fluff words.
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Those looking for ideology in the White House should consider this: For the men who rule our world, rules are for other people.
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Grown-ups and children are not readily encouraged to unearth the power of words. Adults are repeatedly assured a picture is worth a thousand of them, while the playground response to almost any verbal taunt is 'Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.' I don't beg so much as command to differ.
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I like getting 'Times' articles online. But the actual paper just has too many words.
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When the bubble of ignorance bursts the self realizes its oneness with the indivisible Self. Words that proceed from the Source of Truth have real meaning. But when men speakthese words as their own, the words become meaningless.
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We are unhappy because we no longer have our self esteem. We are unhappy, because we no longer believe we are a special miracle, a special creation of God. We have lost faith in ourselves.
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The straight line is godless and immoral.
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It was a nasty look. It made me feel as if I were something the dog had brought in and intended to bury later on, when he had time.
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Ultimately, however, the script an actor enlivens is someone else's words.
