Jefferson Davis Quotes
I worked night and day for twelve years to prevent the war, but I could not. The North was mad and blind, would not let us govern ourselves, and so the war came.
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I'm too self-serious for a comedy.
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I'm happy to fight anybody.
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I am born and raised in the Bronx. Where I grew up, it is a really working-class neighborhood and it does give you a really good work ethic.
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It's so hard for me to wrap my head around the concept of truth, I don't even know what people mean by it.
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I always like to sing barefoot.
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How movies are financed, it's a world market now... I feel like, you know, the independent film way of working is something that was in my bones. It's like being a part of a punk band, but no one's singing punk rock anymore. Only a few bands are able to play, and Woody Allen is one of them.
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You will encounter many distractions and many temptations to put your goal aside: The security of a job, a wife who wants kids, whatever. But if you hang in there, always following your vision, I have no doubt you will succeed.
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The two sensibilities, the visual and the verbal, have always been linked for me - in fact, while reading a particularly evocative passage, I will imagine what the photograph I'd take of that scene would look like, even with burning and dodging notes. Maybe everyone does this.
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I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.
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Some people can be choosy because they're ultratalented or lucky or whatever, but yeah, there are certain things that might not be the greatest thing on my resume. But I don't sit back and go, 'Gosh, I wish I didn't do that.' It's all part of the growth of a career, whether you're an entertainer or a librarian.
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If men possessed wisdom, which stands in the same relation to the form of man as the sight to the eye, they would not cause any injury to themselves or to others; for the knowledge of truth removes hatred and quarrels, and prevents mutual injuries.
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I had been very focused on the issue of education disparities in our country, and literally, by the time kids are just nine years old, in low-income communities, they're already three or four grade levels behind nine-year-olds in high-income communities.
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As a kid, I dreamed of being a pop star, a glamorous woman and traveling the world. And I've done that all my life.
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The first time I walked into the Olympic athlete village seeing the Visa ATM machine with my picture on it and the Chinese characters saying 'Destiny.' For some reason, it just boosted my confidence and it was before I had even worked out or had my first training or competed.
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Everywhere I go, I have my little Steinberger, and I like it very well.
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Water is always a support or a healing thing apart from, you know, love or peace of mind.
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Marriage is a social construct, but I still believe in it.
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When I was a kid, we got in a cipher and battled each other lyrically. We told jokes and made the hottest dance moves.
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Continue to speak out against all forms of injustice to yourselves and others, and you will set a mighty example for your children and for future generations.
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Why am I sharing this part of my life when it opens me up to judgment? But part of me wants to share that part of my life because I think non-monogamy is a normal thing for human beings to want.
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To take part in this brothel through the payment of my taxes, that had become to me unbearable.
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I'll admit it: I'm one of those people who has a Google News alert set for my own name.
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I put a lot of pressure on myself and I think I am quite... well, intense about driving other people.
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I worked night and day for twelve years to prevent the war, but I could not. The North was mad and blind, would not let us govern ourselves, and so the war came.
