James A. Garfield Quotes
The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people.
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I love my work, and I feel fortunate to be doing a job I love, but it isn't the centre of my life.
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I love Tig Notaro; I just think she's so awesome.
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What I've learned is that people have a desire to talk after the first line of reporters go away, and they are no longer speaking out of shock.
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I have to stay calm, cool, and collected.
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When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
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My mom was Jewish, so some would call me Jewish.
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As a legal matter, my mother is an American citizen by birth.
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Capitalism has forced everyone to overoptimize in order to compete.
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I just like art. I get pure pleasure from it. I have a lot of wonderful paintings, and every time I look at them I see something different.
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I spent a lot of time doing things other people wanted me to do, so I'm doing what I want to do now.
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Any psychologist will tell you that healing comes from honest confrontation with our injury or with our past. Whatever that thing is that has hurt us or traumatized us, until we face it head on, we will have issues moving forward in a healthy way.
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I'm cold in summer. I'm the coldest person ever! It's very ironic I'm never cold in the scripts. Every time I'm shooting, if you don't see a part of me, there are hot water bottles there.
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I don't mind playing spoiler.
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My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.
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Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.
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I feel like, in general, lefties hit fastballs from right-handed pitchers better than right-handers hit fastballs from right-handed pitchers.
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One of the lies that we tell ourselves is that we're making progress; but Huey's chair's empty.
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Carey Mulligan and Felicity Jones are two of my favorites. I'm not so much younger than them. I like that. It's kind of aspirational.
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If we can find forgiveness in our hearts for those who have caused us hurt and injury, we will rise to a higher level of self-esteem and well-being.
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Remember Tupperware? That was the toughest stuff ever. Why can't they make a phone out of Tupperware?
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I'm happiest when I'm discussing a script and working with interesting people.
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When you stop caring what people think, you lose your capacity for connection. When you're defined by it, you lose our capacity for vulnerability.
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Those who wish to appear wise among fools, among the wise seem foolish.
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The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people.
