James L. Petigru Quotes
The political power of the Country must fall eventually into the hands of certain great families as it always has done in other republics.
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In this time the enemy began to undermine our fort, which was situated sixty yards from Kentucky River.
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I don't find an advantage or disadvantage in being a woman when reporting. What little advantages there might be in some instances is cancelled out by the basic lack of lavatories round the world for women.
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It makes no difference whether a work is naturalistic or abstract; every visual expression follows the same fundamental laws.
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There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
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I seemed to have been born reading.
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I like 'The Three Musketeers.' I like those kind of cool things where they were having a robe and a sword.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased, we are glad. If they are not, it doesn't matter. We know we are beautiful. And ugly too.
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In reality, I don't see myself as a man hunter. In fact, when it comes to love, I am rarely the one to make the first move.
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Someone once said that you can make the choice between getting old and getting creepy, and I think getting old is the way to go.
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There are many things I love in this world. Music, acting, and animals are at the top of that list.
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Who will protect the public when the police violate the law?
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Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.
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The simple things in life make me very happy.
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What is important is to have values in life. What's important is how you are, not how you look.
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I think about 'The Simpsons,' which has been going on for 25 years. Homer is still in his late 30's. Lisa is 8, Bart is 10. Their stories are told. Yet the series keeps going on and on like a zombie that won't lie down and die. That feels forced and unnatural. The characters never change, grow, age.
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Greek yogurt with some olive oil stirred in can transform many dishes.
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I just think that all of us in this room should have a voice in how the USA is represented. And he don't allow us our voice, that's all I'm saying.
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I am the luckiest old broad on two feet if the truth were known. It's - but it all goes back to 'Mary Tyler Moore,' 'Golden Girls,' all those - actors love to take the credit. We couldn't do it without the writers.
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Photography was a way for me to freeze time and to capture the moments that were happy and healthy. I saw a photo as a way to go back to a memory if I ever needed to.
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So much history can be lost if no one tells the story - so that's what I do. I tell the stories. This is my way of fighting for social change.
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Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
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The political power of the Country must fall eventually into the hands of certain great families as it always has done in other republics.
