Jill Lepore Quotes
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The biggest issue that we have to contend with is campaign finance reform.
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I was able to really see that connection as a football player where success requires a lot of hard work and effort, physically and mentally.
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I don't think there is much value in trying to use the moon as a base to go to Mars. That's going into one gravity belt and having to get back out of it again. And the moon doesn't have a lot to offer as a resource base.
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Art is subjective. I'm not looking for people's praise.
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The search for the truth for truth's sake is the mark of the historian.
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India has to be transformed into a developed nation, a prosperous nation and a healthy nation, with a value system.
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All over London as one walks, one everywhere, in the season, sees oranges to sell; and they are in general sold tolerably cheap, one and even sometimes two for a halfpenny; or, in our money, threepence.
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I'm never running for office. I love being able to speak to members of Congress or members of the Senate and floating on either side, because it takes all of us. It's going to take both of them.
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An artist is attracted to certain kinds of form without knowing why. You adopt a position intuitively; only later do you attempt to rationalize or even justify it.
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Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
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Playing a character for four years, in people's minds, that's who you are.
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If anything is certain, it is that I myself am not a Marxist.
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Private equity helps produce strong companies, promotes innovation and spurs job growth.
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The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.
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People's dreams are made out of what they do all day. The same way a dog that runs after rabbits will dream of rabbits. It's what you do that makes your soul, not the other way around.
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I love children and I love men, but I can't commit to either for the rest of my life.
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The fear tactic is a tactic that's used by people who want to maintain control, and it's very effective.
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It is one of my pet hates when I see players who have agents who do everything for them. They don't know how to set up their own bank accounts, they don't know what they are spending their money on and they can't make their own decisions.
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I just have a deadpan sense of humor, I guess.
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I think blogging is a muscle that most people wear out.
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They consistently hobble artists' in the name of selling more units then are surprised when the fans don't buy the lukewarm music this produces. So they then drop the artist.
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The Sea Shepherd crew is doing what governments should be doing, but refuse to do themselves, because of the threats of trade retaliation from Japan.
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My grandmother, who taught me how to cook, didn't know how to read.
