Jessamyn West Quotes
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There is, therefore, no solution possible other than an economy directed by the workers through their organisations of control-through the workers' syndicates.
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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
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I'm not a great fan of monarchy in general, but I have to say the Danish monarchy is closer to the people; it's not as stuffy as the English one.
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You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
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I learn something not because I have to, but because I really want to. That's the same view I have for performing. I'm performing because I really want to, not because I have to bring bread back home.
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If you create great opportunities, people around the world will come support your dream.
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There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
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Yoga means union, in all its significances and dimensions.
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I've still got that little freedom part of me that wants to have a car that looks really sexy.
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Do we exert our own liberties without injury to others - we exert them justly; do we exert them at the expense of others - unjustly. And, in thus doing, we step from the sure platform of liberty upon the uncertain threshold of tyranny.
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Our music has been an incredible gift to help us make a difference.
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I'm just going to have fun. Maybe that will be the most important thing to do.
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I wake up some mornings hating me too.
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I did absolutely grow up in a world surrounded by people who were always performing and being flamboyant.
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Let me make this clear: it is our duty to adopt a policy barring the wearing of niqabs in these public buildings.
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While they're building a solid foundation that will support whatever is coming down the road, Todd and I are itching to see further, to push the envelope.
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I would love to option 'Crying of Lot 49' and turn it into a movie.
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I had a lovely, feral, free childhood - out and then come back when you're hungry or it gets too dark. I feel slightly cruel that I'm not offering my children the same.
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You don't cheat anybody out of their experience, whatever it is.
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I apply to you to come and hear that you are in evil case; that what deserves your attention most is the last thing to gain it; that you know not good from evil, and are in short a hapless wretch; a fine way to apply! though unless the words of the Philosopher affect you thus, speaker and speech are alike dead. (120).
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I have to get my will in order. I have to get the Macondo Foundation going. I want to invest the money and resources that I've gotten from working so hard so that it's shared and it has its life beyond me.
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Keep an eye on what your kids are seeing online. Parents need to stay involved in what their children are being exposed to. It's so important.
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The national nonprofit I founded, 'KaBOOM!,' is on a mission to save play for America's children, and has long been championing the cause in high-need communities.
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In their sympathies, children feel nearer animals than adults.
