Don Marquis Quotes
Ours is a world where people don't know what they want and are willing to go through hell to get it.
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Writing for children hadn't occurred to me when I was younger, but nine years of teaching in the upper elementary grades had given me a deep appreciation of the gifts and graces that are specific to individuals with 10 or 11 years of experience as human beings.
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I've never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks.
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We live in an inter-dependent world. An isolated India is not in our interest.
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There is a role and function for beauty in our time.
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Ohio has long been an embarrassment to charter-school supporters nationwide, with its trail of scandal and graft and abysmal student performance.
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I'm from New York. My grandparents were settlers of Long Island City. When they came here, there was no bridge, and they had to hire a boat across the river. They had a farm, and my grandmother had to go once a week to Manhattan to buy provisions - very primitive.
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I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.
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Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.
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With any kind of mean girl, or anyone who bullies anyone, there's always a reason for it. There is that sadness in them or insecurity that makes them feel like they need to act out or hurt other people.
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When I start a picture, I always have a script, but I change it every day. I put in what occurs to me that day out of my imagination. You start on a voyage; you know where you will end up but not what will occur along the way. You want to be surprised.
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When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.
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If it feels right and I'm not going against any energy in myself or the situation, there would be no limit.
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A man perceives himself as owning and being owned by a woman.
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I've fallen down crevasses, been bitten by snakes, been knocked unconscious, had various limbs broken and once, a heavy camera came plunging down which very nearly decapitated me.
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When you catch other people with a sound like yours, that's when you know you did something.
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Before prognostication, a disclaimer: I have never been able to pick a winner. Not that it has ever stopped me from trying to. Well, it has stopped me from buying stock, but let's not talk about that.
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My perspective is cultural and world-based. It's always been a global perspective.
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Frankly, right is right and wrong is wrong, particularly when a parent is talking to a child. A bright line around moral responsibility is very important.
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I think a four-year ban would effectively rule out one Olympic games - a life ban is too harsh. I think everyone deserves a second chance. If you come back from missing one Olympic games and serving a four-year ban, you are a pretty determined and reformed character.
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A mother should never be blamed for working.
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I don't think Michael Bloomberg would say that his greatest skill is delivering the speech. He would say he's more of a nuts-and-bolts mayor-picking up the trash, dealing with the school system.
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The world is really run by the Web. There's so much information out there that you can click and keep going down the rabbit hole finding stuff.
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I have always idolized eccentric people.
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Ours is a world where people don't know what they want and are willing to go through hell to get it.
