Jerry Della Femina Quotes
The Democrats are going the way of Burma Shave and Crisco - products everyone loved and had in their homes. But they got old. They didn't have anything new to say about the product, and after awhile, they died.
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Most Arab Israelis speak Hebrew, but not the other way around. It's about time that changed.
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If Woody Allen were a Muslim, he'd be dead by now.
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Movements begin when oppressed people make - and keep remaking - a deeply inward decision to stop consenting to external demands that contradict a critical inner truth, the truth that they are worthy of respect.
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Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with Him who we know loves us. The important thing is not to think much but to love much and so do that which best stirs you to love. Love is not great delight but desire to please God in everything.
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Every film you're commissioned to write is all about an arc; usually, the arc is that the world creates a change in the character, usually for the better. To not have an arc, the messages and ideas in the film became more prominent.
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Part of creating is understanding that there is always more to do; nothing is ever completely finished.
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Pride and excess bring disaster for man.
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Radio interviews are really snappy and I'm just bad at that. I just close down.
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I fracked over 3,000 wells in my life and never had a problem with an aquifer.
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Originally I was opposed to gay assimilation and targeted gay marriage as just another effort on the part of gays to resemble their straight neighbours.
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I am responsible for me. I can kind of take care of what I need to do and should do what I like to do.
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I'm left-brain dominant, so anxiety and nervousness don't affect me; most emotions don't.
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I think the United Nations is a useful format to discuss matters, but I think it's a weak institution in being able to carry out matters and, in many respects even, it has been harmful on things like human rights.
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I have always been a reserved and conservative person.
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It's unconscionable that cancer patients get the wrong diagnosis 30 percent of the time and that it takes so long to treat them with appropriate drugs for their cancer.
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When I write, I don't allow the fear of consequences to interfere with the writing process. I have in the past paid for my commitment to the truth and the way I live my life. I am prepared to pay more if I have to.
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My dad was a musician and I traveled around with him, so it was something that I knew.
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I'm superconscious of not putting chemicals on my skin, like parabens and sulfates.
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I want to make music for everybody.
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I held a conference in Harvard where Americans said they didn't believe in risk. They thought it was just European hysteria. Then the terrorist attacks happened and there was a complete conversion. Suddenly terrorism was the central risk.
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You must take action now that will move you towards your goals. Develop a sense of urgency in your life.
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What makes me unusually intense is that I personalize the pain of war, the pain of children being killed, the pain of a 16-year-old who has been permanently cheated by his school and cannot read.
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Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.
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The Democrats are going the way of Burma Shave and Crisco - products everyone loved and had in their homes. But they got old. They didn't have anything new to say about the product, and after awhile, they died.
