Pearl S. Buck Quotes
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Do I want to write a musical? No. I like to do musicals.
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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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It wasn't always easy getting up at 5 o'clock in the morning to go to the rink. Sometimes I wanted to just go back to sleep.
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I haven't directed a film since 'Appaloosa,' and I've been looking for something because I love the directing thing.
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The chasm between rich and poor is becoming larger, and I think it's interesting terrain to talk about and expose.
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I believe in helping young people rock causes they care about because I was one of those young people... a long time ago.
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Mental health needs a great deal of attention. It's the final taboo and it needs to be faced and dealt with.
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From early morning to late at night, it's such an interesting life, and I'm healthy and free, and that's not so easy with a family.
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We had a kid. The kid was awesome. She didn't fall asleep easily. We complained about it. We got frustrated. But we didn't look for an out. We just accepted that this was part of parenting.
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Endurance in ministry is rooted in the eternal perspective. The absence of an eternal perspective makes you vulnerable to losing heart.
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I disagree with a lot of those changes, however at the end of the day - I go down to recruit graduation at least once or twice a year.
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I am happy everywhere except in places where I see glitz and rich farts. I am happiest in Brooklyn, where the concentration of rich farts is minimal.
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We never did these kinds of loans that really started this mess, the subprime loans. We just never got into that business. We were enticed a lot of times to do so by a lot of Wall Street-type players, but I, frankly, never understood some of this stuff.
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As humans, we're going to make mistakes. It's what makes us human, and most of the time, the most effective way of learning is from a mistake.
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When you get on a good horse, you just know. They are powerful, they stop quickly, they can turn in both directions, and they are fast.
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I haven't had many relationships.
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Nobody climbs mountains for scientific reasons. Science is used to raise money for the expeditions, but you really climb for the hell of it.
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A lot of reality TV is repellent, but that doesn't diminish the qualities of some of the people who take part. There are decent people in there who have no alternatives.
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This is the definition of the infinite: it is something that can stay the same size even when you subtract from it.
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In 12 or 15 years, there will be routine, affordable space tourism not just in the U.S. but in a lot of countries.
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How wonderful to know someone who was bad and dishonorable and a cheat and a liar, when all the world was filled with people who would not lie to save their souls and who would rather starve than do a dishonorable deed!
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I was a victim; I don't dwell on it.
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I am mentally bifocal.
