Mary Barnett Gilson Quotes
The self respect of individuals ought to make them demand of their leaders conformity with an agreed-upon code of ethics and moral conduct.
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Funny, how moms can tell you what to do no matter how old or big you are.
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I had eleven varsity letters. I loved basketball the best, but cross-country is a little more under your control.
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I play Nitin Sawhney's 'Letting Go' repeatedly, nonstop. I find it transformative. I'm so glad iPods were invented so I didn't have to drive everyone around me mad with the repetition.
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I've failed those I care most about and let down the people who elected me to represent them.
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One of the banners I would put up in front of any American president and new administration is 'Do not overreact to your predecessors' policies.'
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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I don't go into a fight mad. I go into a fight like it's my birthday. I love what I'm doing.
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Oh, there's going to be debate because you're dealing with the Bible and religion is supposed to be separate from state and that to me is already a conflict before it even hits the gay issue.
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To show a child what once delighted you, to find the child's delight added to your own - this is happiness.
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My hair and my accent are sort of my main assets.
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I knew on the day that I accepted my job at CNN that a ratings victory at 8 P.M. was going to be a formidable challenge. As I have been told over and over, this is the toughest time slot in cable news.
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Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.
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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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I don't think the Republicans care much about minorities.
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Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.
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To go back, the mistake that Universal Studios made with 'Dawn of the Dead' was that they didn't have enough money or cared enough to make a soundtrack.
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Having a place out of the city is a shortcut toward the mental reset I need.
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I connect with people on a daily basis.
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The larger the deductible you choose, the less insurance you are buying. Insurers want to sell insurance.
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When we read about reading, we get to share an experience that is usually kept private. Incisive descriptions of reading help us to understand what is going on when our eyes move across words on the page.
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In the free market, a man born into wealth or who has otherwise acquired great riches can lose his fortune depending on how he chooses to behave. Conversely, a man born into poverty or who has lost wealth once obtained can acquire a fortune, depending, again, on how he chooses to behave.
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Willie and Joe are my creatures. Or am I their creature? They are not social reformers. They're much more reactive. They're not social scientists and I'm not a social scientist. We're moral people who do not belong to the moral majority. One of my principles is, Thou shall not bully. The only answer is to muscle the bully. I'm very combative that way.
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I was taught to respect everyone for the simple reason that we're all God's children. I was taught, in the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.... to judge a man not by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character. And I was taught that character...is simply doing what's right when nobody's looking.
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The self respect of individuals ought to make them demand of their leaders conformity with an agreed-upon code of ethics and moral conduct.
