Mary Oliver Quotes
I went to India and was quite taken with it. There's a feeling there that things are holy first and useful second.
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You must consider, when reading this treatise, that mental perception, because connected with matter, is subject to conditions similar to those to which physical perception is subject.
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Foreign policy is an explicitly amoral enterprise.
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The humor is essentially dark for a cartoon and sophisticated. But at the same time, being a cartoon gives the writers more freedom than in a normal sitcom. It always pushes the line that, despite human failings, the Simpsons are really decent people.
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Our economy creates and loses jobs every quarter in the millions. But of the net new jobs, the jobs come from small businesses: both small businesses on Main Street and many of the net new jobs come from high growth, high impact businesses that are located all across the country.
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I was an English major in college!
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I have this kind of mild nice-guy exterior, but inside my heart is like a steel trap.
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Interestingly, one thing I've found that neither women nor men give up on is the idea of men as protectors. Even in cases where the woman is earning more, they'll often tell me that if there were a fire or something, they would expect the man to be the one to protect them.
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You can't expect to make no effort. You still have to make the effort and be kind and understanding.
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I want to be judged by who I am, not by a relationship.
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The basic law of capitalism is you or I, not both you and I.
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The thing about Iceland is that we are trapped there anyway, all of us. We have been trapped there for thousands of years.
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The older you get, the better you have to look, the higher you have to kick, the harder you have to work.
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I don't golf. I've never golfed. I will never golf.
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I just can't see myself as a trophy wife. I can't imagine not having my own life.
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Most good roles are written for young men. We are fixated on youth. So however much people say there is nothing wrong with being bald, the reality is once the hair is gone, you might not get the parts.
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We've only explored about five percent of our ocean. There are great discoveries yet to be made down there, fantastic creatures representing millions of years of evolution and possibly bioactive compounds that could benefit us in ways that we can't even yet imagine.
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I think I am less of a prankster and more of a jokester.
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I would rather take the role and work and make my own money and self respect than to have sex with someone who has a lot of money.
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Everyone deserves the opportunity to fight for the part they want.
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We had a single find of BSE in this country. And we believe that what we're doing is appropriate action taken in an abundance of caution under the circumstances. And I believe it's the right thing to do.
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The NFL is a unique work place. There are no secrets anymore. Technology has taken over, and secrets are exposed. People are going to know what you're all about. You have to make sure you have real honesty in the work place, or you're going to be exposed.
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Do the little things that make you feel normal and happy, even if that's just getting in your pyjamas and watching 'X Factor' at the weekend.
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I went to India and was quite taken with it. There's a feeling there that things are holy first and useful second.
