Bob Taft Quotes
Whether we knew many who died on September 11 or personally knew none, we all lost something on that day. Innocence. Security. A trust that our homeland would always be safe.
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I suffer from a more complex, persistent fear. It manifests itself in nerves, and on film the camera sees even the tiniest evidence of this. So you have to learn that when the director calls 'Action,' you don't go to this place of tension, but somehow you become free.
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My parents never understood why I didn't want to be a doctor or lawyer. They're Cuban immigrants who wanted to give their children the American dream, and, to them, that was more of what 'the dream' entailed.
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The justice delivery system needs structural change. It needs fresh vision and innovative solutions.
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By taking responsibility for how you choose to respond to anything or anyone, you're aligning yourself with the beautiful dance of life.
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To me, there's no point in writing merely to entertain.
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It's one of the greatest festivals in the world. New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fest is the best all-around... It's an honor to be closing it.
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I'm mad, they say. I am temperamental and dizzy and disagreeable. Well, let them talk. I can take it. Only one person can hurt me. Her name is Ida Lupino.
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Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.
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The fight against international terrorism isn't just a fight against a bunch of misguided extremists; it is a fight to defend the values that we hold dear.
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A lot of people can't remember things because they weren't actually there to begin with - they don't take it all in.
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In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.
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We are never doing anyone any favors by withholding our gifts from the world. It's scary to be fierce, but you can't compromise that for fear of losing those around you.
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I live in Italy. I visit my family in Switzerland.
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I write the novels that are possible for me to write, not that ones I think will come across in a certain light.
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My whole thing is being sexy without showing too much, because that's my comfort level.
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I just don't believe that when people are being unjustly oppressed that they should let someone else set rules for them by which they can come out from under that oppression.
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I'd rather be dealt with as a person than a persona.
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I don't consider myself much of a singer. I'm a writer first.
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I'd define it as self-awareness: an ability to trust your own judgment. An ability to see through veils of bullshit or spins on stories or propaganda. Maybe an ability to think for yourself.
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September 11 was terrible but, if one goes back over the history of the IRA, what happened to the Americans wasn't that terrible.
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I'd love to think that I'm a super human being, but I'm not.
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Whether we knew many who died on September 11 or personally knew none, we all lost something on that day. Innocence. Security. A trust that our homeland would always be safe.
