Matthew Arnold Quotes
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Many of us came away from our youth thinking that the story of the Revolution was that the Americans were patriots fighting the oppressive British. It was kind of good versus evil, liberty versus tyranny. When you get into it, you find that it was much more complicated.
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Working with people from all walks of life, from full-time moms to CEOs at large companies, I've distilled many universal truths about success. There's a secret I've learned that works quite well at helping you to achieve what you want: Decide what you want.
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When it comes down to it, Hillary Clinton will very much excite the Republican faithful to get out and work hard. I don't know if a similar case can be made if Obama is the candidate.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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In Art, man reveals himself and not his objects.
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My wife Danielle and I love travelling, different cultures and good weather.
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'Macbeth' was a very lucky play for me.
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In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.
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While the Forbes Council does offer some benefits and opportunities for members, the Council may want to be careful going forward to avoid the many pitfalls that befell Trump University.
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I am a very selfish person.
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I believe in civil liberties for homosexuals. I guess I'd have to say I'd draw the line at letting them teach in the schools.
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I think I'm a good judge of character.
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I believe there is little to gain by exchanging opinions with other artists concerning either the ideology of art or technical methods.
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I'm not on the radio all day long. I'm not on TV.
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If you're not bruised up, then you're not doing an action film in a real way.
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When I was a kid, I wasn't making my choices based on anything other than 'Did I want to work that day?' or 'Did being in school sound more fun?' And I don't remember ever reading a script and thinking, 'Is this going to be a fun part to play?'
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I always miss my mom. Mother's Day would be just one more day I'd feel her absence but for the relentless commercialization. Thanks to that, this day is even harder to deal with.
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I have a very genuine care for individuals; I have a very genuine sense of the power of individuals to make a difference, a very genuine belief that people matter, a very genuine belief of wanting the very best for individuals.
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As the Cold War melts into history, our first concern should be the preservation and extension of human rights and democracy.
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'Don't Look Now' is a masterpiece. I think it's the best-edited movie of all time. I adore it.
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You kind of have to celebrate the moment that you get to create something that you love that falls into the parameters of a 3-minute-and-20-second song, to try to be creative inside of those parameters.
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The Humane Society is so great to work with. Because everyone there is so nice and supportive, and they're all animal lovers like me.
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Many people are turned off at eating vegetarian because of the misconception that all dishes are just an arrangement of bland vegetables.
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France, famed in all great arts, in none supreme.
