Nelson Rockefeller Quotes
Politics, of course, requires sweat, work, combat, and organization. But these should not be ugly words for and free people.
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I simply adore getting dressed up for a special occasion. I feel incredible stepping out in luxurious fabrics and a bit of bling. That's also how I feel about special-occasion dining rooms. Because these aren't everyday spaces, they contain all sorts of drama for that once-in-a-while 'wow' event.
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Nationalized industries are notorious for their inability to operate at a profit.
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Besides the actual reading in class of many poems, I would suggest you do two things: first, while teaching everything you can and keeping free of it, teach that poetry is a mode of discourse that differs from logical exposition.
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Beauty is the promise of happiness.
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If you don't feel good in it, don't wear it. Because it'll never look good. Any hesitation in the fitting room and just walk away.
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The real problem is deflation. That is the opposite of inflation but equally serious to the borrower.
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There must be something beyond slaughter and barbarism to support the existence of mankind and we must all help search for it.
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The thing that everybody loves about the 'Burnett Show' was that you felt like you were really there - all that fun stuff stayed in the show, and I think that's why everybody remembers it so fondly because that just doesn't happen anymore on television.
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Those who are greatly occupied in physical or material matters lack sufficient knowledge or have only superficial understanding of spiritual matters. Therefore, such people's opinions and judgments concerning spiritual matters carry no weight.
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They say an elephant never forgets. Well, you are not an elephant. Take notes, constantly. Save interesting thoughts, quotations, films, technologies... the medium doesn't matter, so long as it inspires you.
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I was born in Columbia in 1954, the year the Supreme Court invalidated racial segregation in public schools. I visited frequently but did not live there.
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The feminists who are aware of the effects of patriarchy realize that we are all in the same boat from the dangers of patriarchy, and that the oppression of women is universal.
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There's something in us that lives just beyond our normality - and I think we've all got a song in us. If only we could master that tiny muscle and make it sound listenable.
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I tend to mean what I say: in life, generally; in recipes, certainly.
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It takes a lot of intellect to have faith, which is why so many people only have religiosity.... I'm against people taking the Bible absolutely literally, rather than letting some of it be real fantasy, like Jonah... Faith is best expressed in story.
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Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare, And beauty draws us with a single hair.
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Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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It was no wonder that people were so horrible when they started life as children.
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Árt is dead. Long live Tatlin's new machine art.
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It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.
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The ugly can be beautiful. The pretty, never.
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Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.
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Citizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire.
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Politics, of course, requires sweat, work, combat, and organization. But these should not be ugly words for and free people.
