e. e. cummings Quotes
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One must always try to see the truth of a situation - it makes things universal.
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A healthy economics has got to have both conceptual, theoretical research and applied, empirical research.
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An increase in light gives an increase in darkness.
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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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My sculptures cause an uproar, astonishment, and put a smile on your face.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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Thus, biologically speaking the American people are literally only half an immigrant people.
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The West has become the world model; developing countries are dreaming of living like us, which is impossible. They should reject our model, because it is not sustainable. Developing countries should even give us the example, but unfortunately that's not what happens.
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When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.
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Some guys play with their heads. That's okay. You've got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you've got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body.
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The Islamic tradition does show some areas of apparent incompatibility with the goals of women in the West, and Muslims have a long way to go in their attitudes towards women. But blaming the religion is again to express an ignorance both of the religion and of the historical struggle for equality of women in Muslim societies.
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I've always been more of a camera hog than anything, and it's just another way to get it all out!
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Advertising ministers to the spiritual side of trade. It is great power that has been entrusted to your keeping which charges you with the high responsibility of inspiring and ennobling the commercial world. It is all part of the greater work of the regeneration and redemption of mankind.
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Because Islam in its original form was tough and hard, not weak and pliable.
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On certain, delicate subjects, bringing in outsiders to talk about values is pertinent because pupils listen to them more attentively.
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In reality, I've always been an actor - since I was a kid. I did theater growing up in New York. I was always in the plays in school. I was either going to be an actor or an athlete or a soldier. Those were kind of the three paths that I always kind of embarked on.
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I have to recognize that my voice is attached to my body, which gets tired.
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I proved to myself that if I believe in something and set my mind to it I could actually accomplish it.
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Liberal democracies like ours seem, for the most part, to have learned how to avoid meticulously planned mass-casualty plots with the complexity and scale of 9/11. But they don't know how to keep their citizens safe at night clubs and concerts, in supermarkets, on beachfront promenades, from truck drivers.
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I'ma continue to make records, continue to make hits, continue to be what I am, legendary.
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It's very difficult being an actor and being away for a lot of time, but my sons haven't complained too much too often.
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'But suppose your dæmon settles in a shape you don't like?' 'Well, then, you're discontented, en't you? There's plenty of fold as'd like to have a lion as a dæmon and they end up with a poodle. And till they learn to be satisfied with what they are, they're going to be fretful about it. Waste of feeling, that is.'
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I don't have a favorite medium; I was brought up on TV. so I am clearly of the TV generation, but it depends on what you are trying to sell; sometimes a fully integrated solution, sometimes a pure Internet solution, sometimes a pure billboard solution.
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It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.
