Peter Matthiessen Quotes
I was just very interested in the American frontier and the growth of capitalism - those enormous fortunes that were being made, more often than not, on the blood of poor people, black people, Indian people. They were the ones who paid very dearly for those great fortunes.Peter Matthiessen
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By adopting a wonderful mutt, you'll save a life and help reduce animal homelessness while also boosting your chances of a more robust new furry friend, as mixed-breed dogs have demonstrated better health and longer life spans than their purebred cousins.
Ingrid Newkirk -
Without philosophy, history is always for me dead and dumb.
Ferdinand Christian Baur -
I prefer drama; I think character-driven drama is my favorite kind of stuff to go watch, and I like being challenged by that kind of stuff in that way.
Jacinda Barrett -
I'm a Canadian. Outside Canada I carry the flag. Canadian nationalism isn't as insidious as American nationalism, though. It's good natured. It's all about maple syrup, not war.
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Understated jewellery is not for me. It's too itsy-bitsy. My husband is lucky, as I've never had a yen for real jewels.
Iris Apfel -
If Turkey wants to join Europe, it will have to become a European country, and that might take a long time.
Salman Rushdie
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Just like I'm still angry with Simpson for getting by with two murders.
Vincent Bugliosi -
The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
Abraham Lincoln -
I feel like I missed a whole period of my childhood because I had a bunch of stressful things happen to me when I was like 17, 18, when people usually feel the most free in life, like going to college and like anything is possible.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
Community colleges are one of America's great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education, and for mid-career students looking to get ahead in the workplace.
Barbara Mikulski -
Giving people some kind of control over what they do is important. Human beings don't do their best work under conditions of control.
Dan Pink -
Dramatically it's always more interesting to conceal rather than reveal things.
Damian Lewis
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We are not merely passive pawns of historical forces; nor are we victims of the past. We can shape and direct history.
Daisaku Ikeda -
Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
Gautam Adani -
I open the doors for everybody all the time.
Olivia Colman -
America's fine, nice, nice hiking near L.A. But I am European. I love London and Paris. Friends and intellect, big thought, why not?
Olga Kurylenko -
We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place.
Earl Warren -
I live in New York. I don't really particularly want to move to LA.
Famke Janssen
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All I needed was the courage to be me. That courage took a lifetime to develop.
James Victor Scott -
I always enjoy it when I walk on stage. There were some times when I was working so much in the '80s, and I felt really burnt-out. But I'd be up there singing and not be 10,000 million miles away, you know, just opening my mouth and the words coming out.
George Strait -
I don't really have a type. I don't want to be a cliche. But personality is a big thing for me. You can find cute guys all over. But he's got to have some sort of sense of humor, which is so hard to find in a guy. He's got to be a bit smart.
Zara Larsson -
I like movies about longing and desperation, and dark and light things, stories about people struggling to raise children, and to have relationships and be intimate with each other.
Laura Dern -
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I was just very interested in the American frontier and the growth of capitalism - those enormous fortunes that were being made, more often than not, on the blood of poor people, black people, Indian people. They were the ones who paid very dearly for those great fortunes.
Peter Matthiessen