Mary Steenburgen Quotes
My family didn't have money to travel, so reading was how I knew about the world. It made me hungry to have more experiences than just what I could possibly experience in Arkansas.
Quotes to Explore
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Limit to courage? There is no limit to courage.
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All wars, even the noblest, bring a reckoning of means and ends.
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I was born in the city's general hospital on November 15, 1930, and we lived at 31 Amherst Avenue in the western suburbs. It was a magical place. There were receptions at the French Club, race meetings at the Shanghai Racecourse, and various patriotic gatherings at the British Embassy on the Bund, the city's glamorous waterfront area.
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A leader is admired, a boss is feared.
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Even though I'm Hispanic, I'm so white.
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I don't think I'm a follower, frankly.
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I think the NAACP isn't recognized enough for all of the work it does, especially in the field of law. They may have faded from view over the last couple of decades, but they are fighting the good fight.
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I'm very respectful in everything I wear. I think about it.
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I have perfectly symmetrical ankles.
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I truly believe diversity is beauty.
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The Arab awakening was driven by youth, organized by technology, and fired by a hunger for political change.
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New online formats gutted the newspaper-ad business. Why pore over tiny print looking for a job in the want ads when you can tap a few keywords into monster.com, then click through and apply? Why pay a steep per-character rate for a classified when you can hawk a whole garage full of used stuff on EBay or Craigslist for free?
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The emotive power of hummus all over the Middle East cannot be overstated, being the focus of some serious tribal rivalries.
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One of the first albums that I remember, rap albums I remember really listening to, was LL Cool J 'Mama Said Knock You Out.'
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God's words first... obey God's law first before considering the laws of man.
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My father is quite conservative and religious, and he's been wanting me to get married since I was 15.
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Global actions require local and national participation. International cooperation and action requires community perspectives and legitimacy if it is to be effective.
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There are people who want me to do a cologne. They want to call it 'Patrick.' I was offered a fortune to make exercise videos. Posters, all kinds of stuff – something like $10 million worth. It's insanity. I'm not going to do any of it.
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Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.
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I was honoured recently to accept the position of president of Mizrachi U.K. I did so because I believe our eternal challenge as Jews is both straightforward and also awash with complexity: How to sanctify the innovations of the modern world in accordance with our eternal Jewish values?
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The open road is a beckoning, a strangeness, a place where a man can lose himself.
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Animation is just another way of telling a story.
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For Christians above all men are forbidden to correct the stumblings of sinners by force...it is necessary to make a man better not by force but by persuasion. We neither have authority granted us by law to restrain sinners, nor, if it were, should we know how to use it, since God gives the crown to those who are kept from evil, not by force, but by choice.
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My family didn't have money to travel, so reading was how I knew about the world. It made me hungry to have more experiences than just what I could possibly experience in Arkansas.
