Gene Tierney Quotes
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
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I've spent a long time avoiding painting and dealing with it from a distance. But as I get older, I'm more comfortable with it.
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I don't think of reflection on dark things as necessarily dark.
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It's taken me time to find my feet in L.A.
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What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.
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Let me be the first to say I can't remember ever having a conversation about the definition of consent when I was a kid. I knew that 'no' meant 'no,' but that's it.
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I still use the guitar pretty much just to hide my gut.
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I've always had this sneaking suspicion that I get a kick out of the insecurity.
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Things said by political parties are different from the decisions of the government which are taken to uphold the rule of law. The government takes decisions that are best for the country.
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The Supreme Court of the United States... has validated the Nazi method of execution in... concentration camps, starving them to death.
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There are far too many people in university in Britain. If you want to make money, be a plumber.
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In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the snake bite of moral order.
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Each time I free a child, I feel it is something closer to God.
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When I travel with my kids abroad, I am not myself, but I'm more a father who wants to protect them. Sometimes, I am even aggressive about certain things and get surprised seeing myself like that: for instance, when people want to take pictures of them. I am fine if they want to take my pictures, but they are not public property.
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Sochi will be my third Olympics, and I'm coming into these games in a stronger position than I've been in years past.
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My aunt got me interested in journalism - she found an old typewriter, had it worked over, put it on the dining room table, gave me a stack of paper and said, 'Play like you're a writer.'
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It is hard to think of practical applications of the black hole. Because practical applications are so remote, many people assume we should not be interested. But this quest to understand the world is what defines us as human beings.
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'Liberal' is a great word - from the root, 'liberty,' which means free.
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An organization is a set of relationships that are persistent over time.
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When Reg died and we first looked into getting a new dog, I was adamant we should pick up a mongrel from an animal-rescue shelter. It's not only that they're usually healthier and have better temperaments, they also fit with my world view - I prefer a ballpoint to a fountain pen, a barber to a hair stylist, and camping over glamping.
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My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of democracy in recent times but rather is based on the experience of having lived in a fear society and studied the mechanics of tyranny that sustain such a society.
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Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.
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I was fine when it came to cheering up others, not so fine with myself.
