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.
Quotes to Explore
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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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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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I just looked like there was only one thing I could do: be in a band. It looked like I was already successful, basically. Which is what I wanted to do when I was 16. I just felt like if you did that, aesthetically you would just draw people who were doing the same thing.
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I landed in 1980 in Bangkok, and I stopped to eat ten times between the airport and the hotel. It was all lemongrass and ginger and chilies.
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In the account book of the Great War the page recording the Russian losses has been ripped out. The figures are unknown. Five millions, or eight? We ourselves know not.
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I love romance stories; I've been working on 'School Spirit' over at Rosy Press, which is sort of a modern take on a classic romance comic - so I'm clearly a fan!
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The reason fiber helps us control our weight is that it fills the belly yet yields few calories since fiber is, for the most part, not something that we can digest.
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As much as I enjoy hunting the abundant wildlife along the river bottom, my wife and I also take great pleasure in sharing the hunting opportunities on our ranch with so many from our community each year. We understand that community service and shared enjoyment of our great lands is the true Montana tradition.
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A wiser rule would be to make up your mind soberly what you want, peace or war, and then to get ready for what you want; for what we prepare for is what we shall get.
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Not necessarily in one concert, but they're all there to be used if you want to use them.
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We've tried to build Sequoia Capital with an eye for the long term that we really look for in the companies we like to partner with.
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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.
