James Boswell Quotes
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Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation are not utopian ideals. They are critical to global peace and security.
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I didn't grow up with musical influences in my family.
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Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.
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I don't really know why I care so much. I just have something inside me that tells me that there is a problem, and I have got to do something about it. I think that is what I would call the God in me.
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I've always really liked the rhythm element of songs.
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I've spoken with friends who are rabbis and priests and we've agreed that most people have an emotional attachment to their faith, a desire to fulfill their spiritual longings, but they are not experts in understanding the history of their religion.
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I am not an angry guy. It's just the roles I do that impact my personality.
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I never got into politics for it to be a career.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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I think that our civilisation is very much a visual civilisation - television and videos and all this.
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As the great grandchildren of the industrial revolution, we have learned, at last, that the heedless pursuit of more is unsustainable and, ultimately, unfulfilling. Our planet, our security, our sense of equanimity and our very souls demand something better, something different.
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A lot of times, I played bass on songs. Gene plays guitar on some songs.
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I'm such a big TLC fan, so I love singing 'Waterfalls' in the shower.
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No access to me, nor my staff, will ever affect what we do to protect consumers of the state of Florida.
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At the end of the day, you can't have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in.
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Anybody I'm dating, I don't want them to talk about my music. I don't talk about my music to them.
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The job as a coach is difficult.
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I've been a war reporter and a human rights defender. A professor and a columnist. A diplomat and - by far most thrillingly - a mother. And what I've learned from all these experiences is that any change worth making is going to be hard. Period.
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Education promotes equality and lifts people out of poverty. It teaches children how to become good citizens. Education is not just for a privileged few, it is for everyone. It is a fundamental human right.
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Shakespeare showed me that once I understand the rules, I can break them.
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Well, I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.
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Satirists gain the applause of others through fear, not through love.
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Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it; better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen.
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I have seen many a bear led by a man: but I never before saw a man led by a bear.
