James A. Leach Quotes
Civility is not about dousing strongly held views. It's about making sure that people are willing to respect other perspectives.

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If Turkey wants to join Europe, it will have to become a European country, and that might take a long time.
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We don't know all the answers. If we knew all the answers we'd be bored, wouldn't we? We keep looking, searching, trying to get more knowledge.
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We had a good time mucking about during 'Band of Brothers' when we were young and single.
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Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.
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For many children, the library represents their only access to books, reading, and the Internet outside of their home. If you think about how far behind a child would be without access to these fundamental tools - tools that are vital to successful employment later in life - it's a travesty.
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No one wants to see a person on TV who's super-ultra-cool. That's Superman, that's a thing of the past. Heroes are now flawed, and have terrible tempers, you know? They're real people.
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I have never read 'To Kill A Mockingbird.'
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By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.
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I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.
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I was shocked when I heard that Farghadani had been sentenced to 12 years and nine months in prison on spurious charges, as Amnesty International notes, of 'spreading propaganda against the system,' 'insulting members of the parliament through paintings' and 'insulting the Supreme Leader' with her cartoon.
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When you're a woman with a certain amount of fame and money, you are never certain what someone's motives are.
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Keep your eye on the ball.
Ford Frick
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We have to honor our commitments to today's beneficiaries, but we can't solve the growing deficit and debt problems unless we are smart, courageous, and sensible in planning for future.
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The main reserve of the Haisla Nation hugs the northwest coast of British Columbia, about 500 miles north of Vancouver. The government docks sprawl on the south end of the reserve, nestled in a bay. As children, we swam at the docks and ran to the nearby point to pick blueberries and huckleberries when we were hungry so we wouldn't have to go home.
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People love gospel music. It's calming. It's soothing. It gets right to the point of whatever you're dealing with.
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It's pretty intense writing about my own life, my own struggles.
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Mother Nature made me the way I am, and I should be happy.
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I just try to attack the rim as hard as I can. Try to get the crowd pumped up a little bit.
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I wish sometimes that I could be Daniel Day-Lewis and say, 'You know what? If you want me to do this, I'm going to need a year to prepare myself.' But if I do that, they'll say, 'Thank you very much,' and they'll take someone else.
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But we had a pretty diversified portfolio of businesses around the world and things tended to offset each other. But one or two years ago, we had a lot of things happening at the same time.
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Don't start a scene where two people are talking about jumping out of a plane. Start the scene having already jumped. If you are scared, look into your partner's eyes. You will feel better.
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Civility is not about dousing strongly held views. It's about making sure that people are willing to respect other perspectives.