L. Frank Baum Quotes
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Every frame of a Coen brothers movie is filled with history and meaning, and the deeper you go, the deeper you get. That's why their movies stand up particularly well to repeated viewing and investigation.
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The children have been a wonderful gift to me, and I'm thankful to have once again seen our world through their eyes. They restore my faith in the family's future.
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The main thing that I learned from my horrible job experiences was how horrible they were.
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How much do you engage yourself in what's truly real and important in life? That's the individual question.
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No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more.
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Let us show our fellow countrymen and the entire world what the Germans can do when they work for peace.
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I'll watch CNN in the mornings to catch up on what's going on. On the weekends, I get the Sunday edition of 'The New York Times.'
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I did not love reading, spelling, math and science. I struggled. I was a terrible speller.
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You're either ghetto or you're not.
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I don't care about revenues.
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When all men think alike, no one thinks very much.
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It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger.
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The goal wasn't to create a billion-dollar company. The goal was to create something useful where I could learn things.
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Like parents, cooks shouldn't have favourites, but some recipes inevitably shine more than others.
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Politics is not an exact science.
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Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.
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That's my opportunity to hide behind that old lady and say what I want to say.
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I think that once you've had a few No. 1s in your career that you've kind of proven yourself, and I don't feel the need to prove anything anymore.
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The heart's memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good.
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It's easy to say why I love coming to Chicago for my signings, because I still remember the very first time I came to Chicago, right before 'Shiver' came out. I remember I was so struck by the feel of the city, how wide open it felt, even with these massive buildings all around me. The parks and green spaces are incredible.
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I was offered to take over for Reba in 'Annie Get Your Gun,' but it wasn't where I wanted to be. I think my fans would be upset if I confined my shows to one city for a long period of time.
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If you're not in a place where you're grateful that your show keeps getting renewed, and you can't figure out a way to keep it fresh, you should pick another career.
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Success is somebody else's failure. Success is the American Dream we can keep dreaming because most people in most places, including thirty million of ourselves, live wide awake in the terrible reality of poverty.
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The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick.
