Edmund S. Muskie Quotes
You have the God-given right to kick the government around - don't hesitate to do so.
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For me, the lean times were a wonderful, beautiful time of my life, struggling for many years in regional theater all over the country for not much money.
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There's such a pressure on women that we put on ourselves and everyone else puts on us to look unrealistic and everything, but you just can't compare yourself to people in magazines.
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Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume.
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I don't know much about Americanism, but it's a damn good word with which to carry an election.
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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I always said when I was younger, I wanted to write film music, and I think that's what my ultimate dream is.
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The first thing people say to me when they meet me is, 'You're so much skinner in person.' You have to live up to these standards that are so unrealistic. I try to tune it out.
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Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above: For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
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The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.
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Poland is much more advanced than Romania in structural reforms.
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There is, and there will be, an increasing demand for a principled global security provider, for a superpower that believes in multilateralism and cooperation.
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It would have shown people that I was prepared to do that kind of work, although I find myself in a position now where I don't really need to and I could pick and choose the kind of characters I'd like to do.
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I'd long wanted to write about that moment when a woman steps off the career track to have her first child. For me, that was a scary time.
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My job isn't to preach to people, it's to entertain them. I like letting the characters speak for themselves.
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When love is pure, it has the power to conquer. Lover and beloved conquer each other by their affection. The source, the essence, the fullest manifestation of love's conquering power is the love of the soul for the supreme soul, or God.
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Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.
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I just want us to all have a good time and to party and enjoy this life, because it's too short. It's too short.
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It is a false choice to tell Israel that it has to choose between peace on the one hand and security on the other. The United Nations would not ask any other country to make that choice, and it should not ask it of Israel.
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There's such a stereotype about men and women. Obviously, people think men are faster and stronger and all these other things, and I don't want people to get sucked into that anymore. I want them to realize that the women are out here and doing just as awesome things. They can be just as great, too.
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I read the Scriptures at the American Cathedral on Christmas and Easter; that's it. It's a task I love.
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Government alone cannot solve the problems we deal with in our correctional facilities, treatment centers, homeless shelters and crisis centers - we need our faith-based and community partners.
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Comedy arises out of necessity, because some things are so dark that you have to laugh about it.
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There is nothing more American than raising your voice in protest, and there is nothing more un-American than a government that attempts to hit the mute button when it doesn't like what it hears.
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You have the God-given right to kick the government around - don't hesitate to do so.
