Walter Bagehot Quotes
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We all have these challenges and stereotypes that exist, but you can't let that hold you down... If that's the first thing you think about as a black woman - the challenge that lies ahead - you are thinking in the wrong direction, in my opinion.
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If 'Chicago Fire' goes for a long run, maybe I'll look for a place, but in my line of work, you can't throw your eggs into one basket because you might have to move. I'm not big on 'things,' though, so I don't own TVs, couches or cars because I wouldn't know where to put them.
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I believe in the institution of marriage and it's like a tag to cement the relationship for your friends, family and public.
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I like fiction and the kind of history that gives the grace and flavor of fiction to the past. No bloviation on current events, please. I can write that junk myself.
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I loved math and science. It just made sense to me. But my hatred for world history has come to bite me in the butt in my adult years. Every show I have done professionally has required me to study the world in which my characters lived.
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The path of least resistance is the path of the loser.
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Even in music concerts in Mumbai and different parts of the world, seats are reserved for sponsors.
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When you work with somebody for a long period of time, you develop a shorthand with everything.
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There are lots of emotions that go with the Fourth of July.
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I didn't discover curves; I only uncovered them.
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The only way to find out why someone decides to engage in armed combat is to look at their individual personality.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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The Iran nuclear issue is on top of the agenda. It is a very complicated issue with long history.
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The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
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We can see cities during the day and at night, and we can watch rivers dump sediment into the ocean, and see hurricanes form.
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I gain strength out of familiar surroundings.
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I would give no thought of what the world might say of me, if I could only transmit to posterity the reputation of an honest man.
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You cannot survive if you do not know the past.
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It's funny how people who ain't never been down there can think that America is so fair and that we should be alright. It's funny that the people who have their foot on our neck are telling us, 'Get up. What's wrong with you?'
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They are scared that the BBC or CNN may call them radicals, so they remain soft instead. The problem lies there, with the Muslim leaders, not the Muslim masses.
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America makes prodigious mistakes, America has colossal faults, but one thing cannot be denied: America is always on the move. She may be going to Hell, of course, but at least she isn't standing still.
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In the '70s I was in exile; every time I went back I wondered if they'd take my passport away.
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If you don't know how to serve men, why worry about serving the gods?
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Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders.
