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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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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A corporation cannot make a campaign contribution to a candidate for federal office.
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There was a person who thought I was OK. I wasn't a complete dope. I got some confidence out of that.
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If I am going to know who Jesus is, I must obey Him. The majority of us don't know Jesus because we have not the remotest intention of obeying Him.
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We tell ourselves that the more time we have at our disposal, the more opportunity we will have of finding greater happiness. But again we are looking to the future, to the times we will create. Again we miss the enjoyment of the present moment.
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I have a heart to be stabbed in or shot in, I have no doubt, and, of course, if it ceased to beat, I would cease to be. But you know what I mean. I have no softness there, no—sympathy—sentiment—nonsense.
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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.
