Jane Powell Quotes
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I don't have many friends in Philadelphia. I sort of have one. I have the dog and someone else.
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I love doing what I do. I love asking questions. I love being in the mix.
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You don't want to meet anybody in Cannes. It's the worst place, I think, to meet somebody - one of the worst places.
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If I read a scary story in the newspaper, I find I'm haunted by it.
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You begin to realize that the genius of our country is the constant push to be more inclusive and find new ways of engaging everyone.
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I am definitely a dog person. I feel like Webster and I are very much alike.
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Drama is easier to do because you just have to have the emotion and not get caught acting, but comedy is much harder.
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Suggesting a married Jesus is one thing, but questioning the Resurrection undermines the very heart of Christian belief.
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A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught unawares in a fast changing world.
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Why would Senator Allen want to oppose saving money for the state? It's simply another example of Republicans fighting the governor tooth and nail against any measure where she might be able to turn the state's budget around.
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We've got to step up our conservation efforts before it's too late. We're not protecting our lands and natural resources. Take the Grand Canyon for example; I'm sure that at one time it was a beautiful piece of land, and just look at the way we've let it go.
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I'm looking for people who are at the cutting edge of what they do, who think out-of-the-box. Even if their work is something common today, it might have been absolutely new when they started out, so we'd like to hear of their beginnings.
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I found it peculiar that those who wanted to take military action could - with 100 per cent certainty - know that the weapons existed and turn out to have zero knowledge of where they were.
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Once a Cubs fan, always a Cubs fan.
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What you look like, whether you're Brad Pitt or Charles Laughton, is significant for actors.
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It's often the death of the show when you break the tension and the two lead characters get together.
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In reality, serial killers are of average intelligence.
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I didn't want to be an author; I wanted to be a scientist. Not that I didn't love literature, but I couldn't distinguish it from reading, and reading was already my default activity, almost like breathing.
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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You don't find happiness by being able to buy everything you want, whenever you want it.
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Always, Sir, set a high value on spontaneous kindness. He whose inclination prompts him to cultivate your friendship of his own accord, will love you more than one whom you have been at pains to attach to you.
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Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.
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The problem of the 1850s-how (for Southerners) to preserve slavery without destroying the Union-was a practical problem specific to a particular time and place. But the moral problem of how to reconcile irreconcilable values is a timeless one that, sooner or later, confronts us all.
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The greater the value of what we want, the greater the sacrifice we will have to make.
