Francis Parkman Quotes
Four men are missing; R., Sorel and two emigrants. They set out this morning after buffalo, and have not yet made their appearance; whether killed or lost, we cannot tell.
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One can never know enough. The unknown and its call lies even in what we know.
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As an actress, I think it's important to look back and realize that we aren't always quite as original as we think we are. There's this grand, textured history for us over the last 100 years of incredible writers, directors, and performers.
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Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast.
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No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they do their best to make us think the oppposite.
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I've got a 12-year-old grandson who, when he was 3 years old, before he could say many other words, could name the different kinds of dinosaurs.
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If we do a little bit of insight into history, how many times have there been people doing hate discourse, blaming everything on a certain group of people. That really is the genesis of genocide, where it kind of sparks.
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Being jealous of a beautiful woman is not going to make you beautiful.
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If I have to draw attention away from some hormone-induced acne on my chin, I put on a lot of mascara.
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I think my resignation was the only way to avoid bloodshed.
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I think it's the responsibility of a major opera house not only to cultivate debate and get people thinking, but also to be interfaced with things that challenge them. To challenge its audience and not just deliver things that they know, even though some of those things are wonderful.
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When I was a young boy, I preferred cats to dogs. From the age of seven or eight onwards I just felt more comfortable with cats. And I felt more comfortable with girls, I didn't really like hanging out with guys. When I was about ten or eleven, I was friendlier with the girls in my school than with the guys.
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When you expect things to happen - strangely enough - they do happen.
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Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress.
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.
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If you realize too acutely how valuable time is, you are too paralyzed to do anything.
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I love my life and my mistakes and my triumphs - all of it.
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Listen, I'm not a rich kid. I'm a cultured kid; I'm very rich in culture.
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Philadelphia was the first city to foresee the advantages of a Federal constitution and oatmeal as a breakfast food.
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If I had a prayer, it would be this: 'God spare me from the desire for love, approval, and appreciation. Amen.'
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I'm a real dumb-dumb in real life. I'm just book smart. But definitely not street smart. The other day I lost my jacket in a cab. And I'll forget things every time I leave the house.
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We are trying to construct a more inclusive society. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.
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For nearly a quarter of a century three men in this country were anchors in more ways than one. At a time so many things in our country were changing, they were solid.
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Four men are missing; R., Sorel and two emigrants. They set out this morning after buffalo, and have not yet made their appearance; whether killed or lost, we cannot tell.
