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.
James A. Leach
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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.
Salman Rushdie
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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.
Sally Pearson
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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.
Nathan Fillion
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I have never read 'To Kill A Mockingbird.'
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.
Samuel Johnson
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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.
Nazanin Boniadi
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The excitement you can get in classical concert is as big, in a different sense, as you can get when you go to the ice hockey or baseball game.
Andris Nelsons
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The child which overbalances itself in learning to walk is experimenting on the law of gravity.
William Stanley Jevons
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My friends tell me that I've calmed down, that I seem more centered. I don't know, I think my inner self was more hollow before, which made me more scattered, and more needy to get laughs.
Chris Kattan
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Even if somebody in your family is successful, it doesn't change anything. On the contrary, I suppose people expect more of you in certain ways.
Martin Villeneuve
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The notion that somehow as a consequence of me knowing somebody who engaged in detestable acts 40 years ago, when I was 8 years old, somehow reflects on me and my values doesn't make much sense.
Barack Obama
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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.
James A. Leach