Douglas Kirkland Quotes
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When I was 13, I had these episodes where I could just see the world without any words attached to it, without any associations. It was a little bit spooky. A lot of people might have even thought it was pathological. I thought it was interesting.
Barbara Ehrenreich
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
Taylor Swift
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The realities are, there are - you can be entertaining and you can be fun, and you can say things that actually appeal to people. You still have to figure out a way to get to 270 electoral votes. Get votes in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina.
Dana Perino
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In my situation, every time I write a sentence, I'm thinking not only of the people I ended up in college with but my siblings, my family, my school friends, the people from my neighborhood. I've come to realize that this is an advantage, really: it keeps you on your toes.
Zadie Smith
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
E. M. Forster
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I don't believe that intelligence can be reduced to a number, frankly. But I can see how doing exactly that produces a useful sorting mechanism in our society in order to separate children into categories of promising and doomed. The tests seem arbitrary and without real scientific value and yet have lasting consequences.
Rachel Kushner
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Now that I'm gone, I tell you, don't smoke.
Yul Brynner
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I'm lucky to come from a very musical family. If you put a record on and turn the volume up, there's a pretty good chance you'll have a lot of people dancing very quickly.
Imelda May
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I figured out early on what I wanted to do.
T Bone Burnett
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Capitalist systems function less well without state protection of investors, lenders, and companies against monopoly, deception, and fraud.
Edmund Phelps
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An artist's sphere of influence is the world.
Carl Maria von Weber
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I don't know anyone, from any class, who's had a perfectly easy life. I've met people born into wealthy families who feel like they didn't have much emotional support, and people who come from working-class families who had loads of love but no money.
Paloma Faith
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It is said that good things come to those who wait. I believe that good things come to those who work.
Wilt Chamberlain
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With Millais's paintings, it's microscopic; when he does hair, it's extraordinary: you can see every strand.
Samuel Barnett
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I think humans have to learn a new way of dwelling on this earth. A way of living with their companions: animals, plants and fish.
John Burnside
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When I started studying the issue and issues related to fatherlessness, I realized I had all of them. Fear of intimacy, fear of commitment, poor work ethic, just stuff that you don't have when you don't have a man in your life to look you in the eye and say, "You're good," or "Good job."
Donald Miller
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What would be impressing to me, is in 30 days you see a change in your life.
Eric Thomas
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When you look at my pictures, you are seeing my life.
Douglas Kirkland
