Ina May Gaskin Quotes
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Disrespect toward Jesus, as we have seen all too often in our society, is very offensive to Muslims.
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Diversity isn't just a hallmark of big cities anymore.
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I am not in the business of suppressing books.
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I hate camping, but I love summer camp.
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Certainly, if we had not invaded Iraq on intelligence that was clearly manipulated and cherry picked, we would be in a different position today.
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Tony Orlando is one of the nicest guys I have ever met - bar none - in my entire life. I was always a fan when I was a kid - you know, huge fan. Who wasn't a fan of Tony Orlando?
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What I remember myself from films, and what I love about films, is specific scenes and characters.
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I had seen some films made about the underground music world in Tehran, and most of them were short documentaries about 30 or 40 minutes long. And I always wondered why they weren't publicized more. Really, their only flaw was they were short documentaries.
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So, what you can do in Microsoft Word is what Bill Gates has decided. What you can do in Oracle Database is what Larry Ellison and his crew have decided.
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The funny thing is, I'm not really a big reader, not a big fan of books in the first place.
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Fear is not a friend of mine. But it's something to have a healthy awareness of.
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Some people have a misunderstanding about the Army. Some people think, 'Hey, you're in the military, and everything is super-hierarchical, and you're in an environment that is intolerable of criticism, and people don't want frank assessments.' I think the opposite is the case.
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Musical theater is an American genre. It started really, in America, as a combination of jazz and operetta; most of the great musical theater writers in the golden era are American. I think that to do a musical is a very American thing to me.
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A great many people in this country are worried about law-and-order. And a great many people are worried about justice. But one thing is certain; you cannot have either until you have both.
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I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected.
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You know why I'm running for governor? Because everything we care about is under siege from President Donald Trump and Bruce Rauner.
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It often happens that the man who pursues the dollar too diligently finds it hard to catch, but if he will pursue some other and better goal, dollars come around to see what sort of fellow he is.
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Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.
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We never respect those who amuse us, however we may smile at their comic powers.
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Watching a baby being born is a little like watching a wet St. Bernard coming in through the cat door.
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I've had to live with women all my life. I grew up with four older sisters, and I was the baby and the only boy.
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I never fight for the money, but every person is different.
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Sometimes I see the world for how f-ked up it really is. I tell myself I'll be the one to make a change in it. I could die tonight; not make it to the sunrise, then I couldn't hear the pain in it.
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The energy that gets the baby in is the energy that gets the baby out.
