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 apologize profusely to those I have offended deeply a million times over.
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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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Nine times out of 10 when people do a tribute album or tribute songs for somebody, it's what I call 'white boys playing reggae'. They know they can't, we know they can't, so they sing like they can't and play like they can't. They gently make fun of the idiom or sing in a false accent.
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Al Sharpton is not important. He's nothing more than a black pawn in a very sophisticated white economic chess game.
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You're as good as the people you're with.
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The more the soul knows, the more she loves, and loving much, she tastes much.
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I started making little films with a 16 mm camera as an undergraduate at Yale. My first job out of college was 'assistant editor' on a forgettable low budget feature.
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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.
