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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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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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.
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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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Personality is the glitter that sends your little gleam across the footlights and the orchestra pit into that big black space where the audience is.
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I don't worry about chemicals. There are enough chemicals entering my body through all the fizzy drinks I consume to worry if my lip balm is 100 per cent organic.
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To me, people's lives and loves are entwined with their characters, natures and circumstances. I regard all general advice with skepticism.
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Modesty should be typical of the success of a champion.
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That kid who lives in the projects, he has a self-esteem problem - everybody looks down on him. He may be a good kid, but other parents don't want their kids to be with them because percentages say they could be bad. I went through a lot of that.
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No one but a woman can help a man when he is in trouble of the heart.
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Through its interpretation of the Constitution, the Supreme Court hugely shapes the fabric of our society for us and for future generations.
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On my 50th birthday in 2005, my discount-wielding AARP card came in the mail. I hurled it in the trash, put on something fabulous, and had a decadent meal. Just the thought of putting it in my wallet felt like a concession.
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I was born in Riverside and spent my whole growing-up years in Florence, a little township on the Delaware River. I tell people that I'm from the West Coast of New Jersey.
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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.
