Burt Shavitz Quotes
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All truly historical peoples have an idea they must realize, and when they have sufficiently exploited it at home, they export it, in a certain way, by war; they make it tour the world.
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The presumption of innocence, the benefit of the doubt, walking without worrying - these should not be hallmarks of white privilege. They are human rights - human rights - that should be enjoyed by all.
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I'm over it. You strive to win a Super Bowl and you do everything you can to get there. But being in the Hall of Fame, you never play for that honor. It's incredible.
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I love New York, and I'm drawn to a certain intensity of life, but I've just never felt like I want to escape from the Midwest. A writer lives a great deal in his own head, and so one intuitively finds places where your head is more clear. New York for me is one of those places.
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I have worked very hard on being aware of my childhood but moving forward and not letting it bring me down emotionally. That is a hard thing - especially when you have children of your own and you remember what happened to you at that age.
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I'm constantly hydrating my hair.
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Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away.
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Maybe if people stopped thinking of themselves, and started thinking of the other sides of things, people wouldn't hurt each other.
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You may be surprised to discover you're rich, especially if you're broke.
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My family are observant Muslims, but I've come to the faith through an intellectual conviction, and that's something that they've taught me. It's never been forced upon me. They've given me a very strong identity as an Australian Muslim.
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In the '60s, parents were told to let their teens rebel, explore their boundaries. Increasingly the same message is being given to the parents of tweens.
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In my eyes, a patriot is little more than an international blackleg.
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He is born in vain, who having attained the human birth, so difficult to get, does not attempt to realise God in this very life
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Now obey thy cherished secret wish,Embrace thy friends-leave all in order;To port and hawser's tie no more returning,Depart upon thy endless cruise, old Sailor!
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If humans fight the last war, nature fights the next one.
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She said'I'm young enoughI'm old enoughIn the city machineWhere industriesFill the fish full of mercury'
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Neoconservatives are the boat people of the McGovern revolution.
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My mother has all my awards, because if I walked downstairs every day and saw all my achievements it would be so easy to become complacent.
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My dad is still the only Mraz in the Mechanicsville phone book, so he's getting calls from girls to see if I'm home!
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What strikes me about high-school reunions is the realization that these are people one has known one's whole life.
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No one has ever accused me of being ambitious.
