Jane Addams Quotes
The common stock of intellectual enjoyment should not be difficult of access because of the economic position of him who would approach it.
Quotes to Explore
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I am a night owl. I always have been... and I'd like to think I always will be, although surely having children will put a stop to my nightly affairs with myself.
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I love gay Mardi Gras in Sydney, which is a big parade, a big march that thousands and thousands of people participate in. And there's one little group... well it's not little, it's got hundreds of people marching, and they're all very sweet, middle-aged and elderly people who are the parents of gay children who are out and proud.
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If it wasn't for golf, I'd probably still be peddling jewelry or be in the sugar mills somewhere.
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As long as my family's OK, I'll be fine.
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I'd been coming to New York for weekends since I was 17, and after 9/11, I started making these trips more frequently, just to make contact with the city.
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I'm developing some screenplays at the moment with my Australian producer.
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I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.
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The minimum wage can play a vital role in lifting hard-working families above the poverty line.
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I enjoy my work too much to force-feed myself with pressure.
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Although there's a lot of focus on the Lib Dems, we need to keep our eyes on the far right of the Tories, who I suspect will become increasingly impatient in their appetite for tax cuts, deregulation and shrinking the state even further.
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Here's the key to Jamaica, the secret to Jamaican dancehall parties, no matter where you are in the world. If you do not see Japanese people, you're at the wrong party. They source authenticity like no other culture I've ever seen.
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The great armies, accumulated to provide security and preserve the peace, carried the nations to war by their own weight.
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I was never that much a focus of interest in my career. I'm aware of that now, which doesn't give me a lot of pleasure.
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Even scientific knowledge, if there is anything to it, is not a random observation of random objects; for the critical objectivity of significant knowledge is attained as a practice only philosophically in inner action.
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Viola Davis is incredible - she's kind of the biggest career-wise inspiration for me. Brilliant actor, so intelligent, so strong. The path that she's made is incredible.
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I'm not really the one in my family who knows everything that's going on, because I don't really pay attention.
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Coaches are an integral part of any manager's team, especially if they are good pinochle players.
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I have done one thing that I think is a contribution: I helped Buddhist science and modern science combine. No other Buddhist has done that. Other lamas, I don't think they ever pay attention to modern science. Since my childhood, I have a keen interest.
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I've only felt content a few times in my life, and it never lasted. I'm very discontented right now. There are situations in my life that didn't pan out. I'm like most other human beings. I try and I fail.
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They have created a culture of acquisition instead of innovation. It's a lot easier just to write big checks than it is to innovate.
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The world knows of a vast stock of epic material scattered up and down the nations; sometimes its artistic value is as extraordinary as its archaeological interest, but not always.
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Bulls make money and bears make money, but pigs seldom do. When a stock or mutual fund is up 30%, sell one-quarter of your position.
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The common stock of intellectual enjoyment should not be difficult of access because of the economic position of him who would approach it.
