Douglas Hurd Quotes
Wisely used history can give pleasure and provide us with a useful tool; but we should not become its slaves.
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God who created us has granted us the faculty of speech that we might disclose the counsels of our hearts to one another and that, since we possess our human nature in common, each of us might share his thoughts with his neighbor, bringing them forth from the secret recesses of the heart as from a treasury.
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I have been doing so much. Speaking engagements... producing... developing a half-hour sitcom... working on a movie... leading acting workshops all over the world... and hosting 'My Black Is Beautiful,' an empowerment TV show I'm doing on BET for women.
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You don't drown by falling into water. You only drown if you stay there.
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A key reason that elections are run so badly is that in most states, political partisans are in charge.
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I never accepted Communist dogma or theory.
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Listen to the sounds of nature. Wishing you the best on your trek towards your dreams.
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I have an insatiable palate. I'll try anything once, with an open mind. However, there is a special place in my heart for Kraft Macaroni & Cheese. Don't get me wrong, I've sampled specialty Mac & Cheese all over the world, but nothing competes with the stuff I grew up on.
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I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.
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This is what the election of 2010 was about. We didn't send conservatives to Washington to flirt with Democrat proposals for higher taxes and more debt. We sent leaders to stop them.
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I wrote 'Fight Song' as this declaration to believe in myself, and that is similar to what you are taught to believe in Girl Scouts. Building confidence. Building character. And above all else, being there for each other as a community.
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It puzzled me that other people hadn't found out, too. God was gone. We were younger. We had reached past him. Why couldn't they see it? It still puzzles me.
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Not to sound too pessimistic, but I just don't see me having the film career that I maybe hoped for after 'The Birdcage.' I think people just didn't know what to do with me.
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When Matt LeBlanc had his show 'Joey', I strongly suggested to the producers that they should bring me on.
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The human's place in the universe will be set in the scheme of evolution, the product of our biological inheritance.
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I was born in California. When I was six, we moved to a small town in northern Indiana called Mishawaka.
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When you use words, you're able to keep your mind alive. Writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.
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People know who I am or are fans of 'Chelsea Lately,' and that makes my shows more fun. People know I'm silly and are on board with what I'm bringing to the table. I see the boyfriends who got dragged to the show by their girlfriends, and by the end, they're laughing harder than anybody. That's the best feeling: 'I knew I was going to get you.'
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Most of the movies I saw growing up were viewed as totally disposable, fine for quick consumption, but they have survived 50 years and are still growing.
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'An Octoroon' was written over about three years but premiered in 2014. I'm writing about America's relationship to its own history. Race or not, it's a story about suppression and oppression and many populations being devalued systematically.
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That everyone may receive at least a moderate education appears to be an objective of vital importance.
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This ain't fun. But you watch me, I'll get it done.
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A game is defined by the players' strategy domains and payoff functions.
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Wisely used history can give pleasure and provide us with a useful tool; but we should not become its slaves.
