Patti Davis Quotes
I did what most writers do when something happens that's overwhelming, fascinating, moving, all of that. I didn't know what else to do about it except write about it.
Quotes to Explore
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I voted for Barack Obama.
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A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.
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From the ashes of a financial crash, there is a chance to create a new economic settlement that is more equal, sustainable and democratic.
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People just decided I was an R&B artist because I'm black.
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Marrakech in May is unseasonably tagine-hot.
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The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of the future of contemporary society among large sections of the American people.
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Instead of building walls, we should be building bridges.
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The really clever people now want to be lawyers or journalists.
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When you talk about the American League, you think of Fenway. When you talk about the National League, you think of Wrigley and the fan base that they have in Chicago.
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Quiet is the new loud.
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No person is just one particular emotion.
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My mother took great relish in introducing me as 'This is my son - he's a doctor but not the kind that helps people.'
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A culture without mythology is not really a civilisation.
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Barack Obama's victories in 2008 and 2012 were dismissed by some of his critics as merely symbolic for African Americans. But there is nothing 'mere' about symbols.
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Generally speaking, historically in this country, the care of a child has been thought of as female business.
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Mothers are the people who love us for no good reason. And those of us who are mothers know it's the most exquisite love of all.
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Now that we've transitioned to more Smart TVs, where people are broadcasting their cable box, I hope that Geek & Sundry is something that people will click on in the future, knowing that they're going to get content that they love.
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A poet can write about a man slaying a dragon, but not about a man pushing a button that releases a bomb.
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When I was very little my mother said I used to draw in the air with my fingers. I needed a pencil. Once I could hold one, I have drawn every day since.
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With my own group I like to keep it loose. They have to counter rather than go with me. When they stop I like to be moving.
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I can express gratitude for the simple act of being able to breathe in and breathe out. I can move away from darkness and depression to light and hope. I can be happy with who I am, not what I should be, or what I might have been, or what someone tells me I must be. I am me, the true me; you are you, the true you - and that's good. That's beautiful. That's enough.
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And I haven't read a lot of blogs but if someone writes about what they care about I'm sure it's interesting.
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It's always been my way to move about a little more horizontally. My career has never been like a shooting star.
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I did what most writers do when something happens that's overwhelming, fascinating, moving, all of that. I didn't know what else to do about it except write about it.
