Paul Wellstone Quotes
If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for, at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them.
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I think you have to create your own stuff so I'm working on stuff for myself right now.
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Barberries, or zereshk, are tiny dried red fruit with a tremendously sharp flavour. They come from Iran, where they're used to add freshness to rice and chicken dishes.
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My first book, 'Radical Acceptance', grew out of the suffering of feeling personally deficient and unworthy. Because most of us are so quick to turn against ourselves, the teachings and practices of radical acceptance continue as a strong current in 'True Refuge': nurturing a forgiving, understanding heart is a basic step on the path.
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Separation is very important to me. I don't strive to be a celebrity. My music has nothing to do with me at the end of the day. Once it's made and it's purchased, it belongs to whoever.
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I'm very fortunate to have gotten past the cancer problem.
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The U.S. government engages with many countries around the world in official dialogues on human rights.
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I don't want to be in somebody else's movie, and then they make all the money. I've gotten offers to do the movies, but I won't sell myself short and be in somebody else's movie, like 'Boyz N the Hood.' I don't think I woulda done that.
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Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.
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I come from a pretty strange family.
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I'm one of the ones who believed the Iraq War was a complete mistake from the very beginning.
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Josie needed more of a personality than what the cartoon had to offer.
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One thing most people would agree is that climate change would add further uncertainties to our already quite tight water supply situation in China.
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You know yourself, once you've had the excitement of riding thoroughbreds, it's not very interesting riding anything else. But I still love horses; I just don't have one any more.
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I'm not a big fan of the high-altitude approach of mega TV ads.
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I like having my back against the wall and doing things I'm not supposed to be good at.
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I have always been appalled by the depiction of female CIA operatives.
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Folks always seemed to think that as long as they didn’t know about something bad, it wasn’t happening, so whoever told them actually caused it to be true.
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The market-place, the eager love of gain, Whose aim is vanity, and whose end is pain!
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Most people, at a crisis, feel more loyalty to their nation than to their class.
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The holder of authority is like the rider on a lion - he is envied for his position, but he well knows his position.
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The human imagination, which is our great glory, has grown so powerful that we can barely unleash it on the surface of the planet.
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We have the character of an island nation: independent, forthright, passionate in defence of our sovereignty. We can no more change this British sensibility than we can drain the English Channel. And because of this sensibility, we come to the European Union with a frame of mind that is more practical than emotional.
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Did you ever hear one of those corny, positive messages on someone's answering machine? 'Hi, it's a great day and I'm out enjoying it right now. I hope you are too. The thought for the day is share the love.' Beep. 'Uh, yeah, this is the VD clinic. Speaking of being positive, your test is back. Stop sharing the love.'
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If we don't fight hard enough for the things we stand for, at some point we have to recognize that we don't really stand for them.
