Brenda Ueland Quotes
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Maybe the real secret to America's greatness is that we hate one another.
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I have to change a lot of things before I become a good marathon runner.
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One can quite understand vegetarianism. One can quite understand meat-eating. But it is difficult to understand why a person who is a flesh-eater should object to one kind of flesh, namely cow's flesh. This is an anomaly which call for explanation.
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A lot of business can be accomplished in the state dinners.
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History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.
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I'll watch CNN in the mornings to catch up on what's going on. On the weekends, I get the Sunday edition of 'The New York Times.'
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The last Pan Am Games in 2011 was one of the best experiences in my career. It was the first time women's boxing was in the Pan Am Games and any major games, and I had the opportunity to box in the first women's boxing fight and then went on to win gold.
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I remember once I read a book on mental illness and there was a nurse that had gotten sick. Do you know what she died from? From worrying about the mental patients not being able to get their food. She became a mental patient.
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I conveniently was not accepted to film school, which I applied to in 1987, and so I decided I would become a filmmaker instead of a student.
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In my personal life, I really like the look of vests. I wear fitted, business ones, and perfectly preppy sweater vests that I can knit myself.
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I like to smile. I smile even when I'm nervous since it calms me down and shows my friendliness.
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I do interval training, high intensity dance, and yoga. I do run a lot, but more for speed.
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Our parents are obviously proud, but they're still trying to get used to the fact that we're in a band. I have a feeling my mom would actually like One Direction if I wasn't in it!
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Our music has been an incredible gift to help us make a difference.
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How do you sustain yourself when all the old structures people looked to for support - religion, family, ethnic solidarity - are crumbling, or feel so false that you refuse to avail yourself of them? What comes next?
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History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
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American actresses have more problems than I do; I'm lucky to be able to play what I want for a smaller audience, because I have my own country to do that in.
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I thought I was going to retire at 20, and I was going to be a surgeon.
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Having loving and supporting parents didn't make me feel any better about the possibility of seeing my personal life splashed across newspapers and tabloids.
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I have to say I really was surprised on my first world tour. It was amazing to see what we've always dreamed of, right before our eyes.
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I give everyone upmost respect, and when people feel that, you end up getting the most out of your interaction with them. That connectivity is really important in my life.
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The gospel does in truth proclaim the redemption of reason. Obscurantism is always evil, and wilful error is always sin., All truth is God's truth; facts, as such, are sacred, and nothing is more un-Christian than to run away from them.
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Cop couldn't find his dick, two hands and a map.
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All children have creative power.
