Mary Barnett Gilson Quotes
To find ways of practicing democracy, not ways of orating about it, is our great problem.
Mary Barnett Gilson
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I simply can't do one-word message replies: Yes. Ok. No. Sure. Cool. None of these are options for me. I must write something extra. Something personal. I put kisses and emoticons. Emoticons, by the way, are my very best friends. They have removed all the pressure of thinking up something personal to say.
Karan Johar
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Well into the 20th century, black people spoke of their flight from Mississippi in much the same manner as their runagate ancestors had.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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I don't work out and be healthy and want a strong body because I want to look good in a bikini. I do all of those things for me and for my health. I'm not going on the cover of 'Maxim' and 'FHM' because that's not me.
Maggie Q
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
Yvette Nicole Brown
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Yes, I'm obsessed with health, which has been an interesting journey. I went down the raw-food diet route, but got ill. It was really hard, especially in Britain in winter, trying to survive on raw carrots. I became so ill and anemic, so I stopped that and became a vitamin junkie. I just ate lots of vegetables, exercised and breathed.
Naomie Harris
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
Orville Wright
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I really like looking at what's new in my favourite designers' stores, even if I don't buy anything.
Tavi Gevinson
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The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.
Barton Gellman
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There are lines that I know are going to get a belly laugh, but after a few shows I get sick of hearing myself say them so I drop them.
Sammy Davis, Jr.
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Be your true self. Because if you're not, there are consequences to be paid.
Wendell Pierce
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I was a boy with one dream and one dream only: I wanted - no, strike that, I was desperate for - a room of my own. You see, in those days I shared a room with my little brother, Jesse, and it wasn't pretty. He was the Oscar to my Felix: messy, careless, and just a little bit sticky - exactly the way a kindergartner is supposed to be.
Nate Berkus
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My business issues are just that - business - and I deal with them like they are business.
Faith Evans
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We must keep both our femininity and our strength.
Indra Devi
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I never bought the commercial thing, at any stage of the game.
Van Morrison
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I'm triggering acoustic instruments. I'm literally beating, smacking, hitting, blowing, doing physical things. It's an incredibly exciting way to make music.
Pat Metheny
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I always say, I'm certain I changed 'Watchmen' less than the Coen brothers changed 'No Country for Old Men.' I'm certain of it. But you don't hear the Cormac McCarthy fans, like, up in arms about it. They should be. It's like an amazing Pulitzer Prize-winning book.
Zack Snyder
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Of course, violence will not end with our combat mission. Extremists will continue to set off bombs, attack Iraqi civilians and try to spark sectarian strife. But ultimately, these terrorists will fail to achieve their goals.
Barack Obama
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I, for one, will remain constantly vigilant of a government that admits its transgressions of liberty only when they are caught lying.
Rand Paul
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I love to win, honestly... If you love to win, you should say it. And honestly, I'm hooked on it.
Ashley Wagner
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When I was in school, I used to look out the window and see the big red double-deck buses driving by. It just looked so free.
Brian Johnson
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I love the way Monteverdi's opera embodies the triumph of evil love in such a luscious way. The closing love duet is just pure amoral, liquid passion. The Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment sound great in the Albert Hall, and the Glyndebourne cast is fabulous.
Charles Hazlewood
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I have great tenants. They've all become my friends. They call me and say, 'Hey Kev, we've got a drip!'
Kevin Dillon
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I like money. You like money. We need the money. But, money is not going to bring humanity and spiritualism into your life.
Bikram Choudhury
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To find ways of practicing democracy, not ways of orating about it, is our great problem.
Mary Barnett Gilson
