Gemma Whelan Quotes
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In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
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You must prune dead or dying wood.
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Most tragic mistake in history occurred when the United States joined the U.N.
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Note to self: Never ride a motorcycle in stilettos and a miniskirt.
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Oh, my dating skills are the worst. No, I pick the wrong men; it's amazing. I am awful, the worst dater.
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My problem was my inability to spend much time at home. I thought my family was secure, so I went running around everyplace else. I guess I had more of an effect on other people's kids than I did my own.
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This is something caregivers have to understand: You have to ask for help. You have to realize that you deserve to ask for help. Because you need to keep on working on your own life.
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It's not just that individuals have lost faith in the integrity of their leaders, it's that they no longer believe society's most powerful institutions are acting in their interests.
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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.
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When you get successful, you can do pretty much whatever you want.
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I write what I write in the way that I write it. I'm not being abstract, you know. I'm talking about something that, you know, is a part of my life.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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Publishing for me is a business, not an ideology.
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The slow philosophy is not about doing everything in tortoise mode. It's less about the speed and more about investing the right amount of time and attention in the problem so you solve it.
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A sudden intimacy occurs when someone does your hair.
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I wrote my master's thesis on cartoons!
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I was very precocious when I was young. I went to college at 16, and I graduated at 20. I wanted to be a writer, but I was more interested in experience than in applying myself intellectually.
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You know, Motorcycle Diaries has no incredible stories, no sudden plot twists, it doesn't play that way. It's about recognizing that instance of change and embracing it.
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I work very hard at my game.
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I do not believe in the doctrine of the greatest number. It means in its nakedness that in order to achieve the supposed good of 51 per cent the interests of 49 per cent may be, or rather, should be sacrificed. It is a heartless doctrine and has done harm to humanity.
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I don't think you can name one diet I haven't done.
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Our highest ambition is to be included in the stream of American life, to be permitted to "play the game" as any other American; and is opposed to anything that aids in the exclusion; the face may be Africa, but the heart has the beat of Wall Street.
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Nunc suscipe, terra, fovendum,gremioque hunc concipe molli.Hominis tibi membra sequestro,generosa et fragmina credo.
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I can't always say that justice is always done in 'Game of Thrones.' It is not.
