Walt Whitman Quotes
I find I'm a good deal more of a socialist than I thought I was: maybe not technically, politically, so, but intrinsically, in my meanings.
Quotes to Explore
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Most breast cancer-related deaths can be prevented through simple and painless preventive measures. A late diagnosis can result in more serious, long-term consequences.
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It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.
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I like bangers and really testosterone-fueled stuff.
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I have no regrets at all. I have done quite well for myself. I didn't have a conventional face, but I have done well, and I am proud of it.
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'Saving Grace,' even though fictionally it was set in Oklahoma, we shot it right outside of L.A.
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I feel that the world is increasingly about the bottom line, and not so much about human respect or human dignity. In that regard, people who care about other people will not be in a position to make choices and do things that other people who they're competing against will get to do.
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I love the horror genre and the thriller genre, so I've got no problem with playing a psycho.
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What hasn't Barbie been? I don't think I can create an occupation that she has not done yet.
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I think, as far as branching out with acting, it would take something really right on the mark to distract me from music, because music is everything to me.
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The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
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No citizen is a second class citizen in the city of Chicago. If my children are treated one way, every child is treated the same way.
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I can't even imagine how it must be to be a solo artist playing with session musicians.
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The worst excesses of the dot-com era are gone.
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But I've sure worked at jobs where I have been under inspection.
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I know where I want to get to, and I know where I want to be still in my career.
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Thirdly, even if we assume that the world is governed by purpose, we need only add that this purpose - or, if there are several, at least one of them - is not especially intent on preventing suffering, whether it is indifferent to suffering or actually rejoices in it.
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In the '70s, my playing was completely untutored, but it sounded good to me, and I tried to find ways to make those very simple things work in more ambitious contexts.
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I went to Beijing for the Olympics and was literally right across the track from Usain Bolt. And when he gets to full stride, for every two steps the other guy's taking, he's just taking one.
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I've always been a believer that if you don't bet on yourself, how can you ask anyone else to.
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I want to be clear: not all patient communities are great, any more than online communities of any sort. But when a good one gets going, boy is it sweet.
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Good intentions are only lies the weak tell themselves.
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I carry a small sheet of paper in my wallet that has written on it the names of people whose opinions of me matter. To be on that list, you have to love me for my strengths and struggles.
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We all want to write the kind of book that we want to read. If you put in the things that you are thinking about and create characters who feel like they could live - at least for me, that's the way I want to write.
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I find I'm a good deal more of a socialist than I thought I was: maybe not technically, politically, so, but intrinsically, in my meanings.
