Olympia Snowe Quotes
I am confounded by the failure of this rule to meet either the spirit or letter of the law, ... It is clearly delinquent in protecting all Americans equally from the hazards of mercury.
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I don't think the Middle East could afford another war.
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Acting is an odd lifestyle. You make deep bonds quickly and, though you move on, you go around on a loop and see people again.
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Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing.
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It's very easy to have slogans and rhetoric that people will follow, but eventually the slogans fall away.
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I taught myself how to play the guitar. I never studied music.
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I don't know how people do it these days - paparazzi and that kind of thing. That's something I can't even imagine.
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People return my phone calls now, which is really interesting. I'll tell you what I've learned that's kind of bittersweet. So many doors have opened up. I've met everybody in the business. I'm fortunate people want to work with me.
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Cornish wrestling was very different from that in Devon - it was less brutal, as no kicking was allowed.
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I had so many freckles that my mother used to say that they were kisses from the angels. I still have them.
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To win the cause we all believe in, the spread of true democracy all over the world, we need to win by example, not just with speeches but by example; not just with military might but by gaining the respect of the world.
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I've seen descriptions of advanced TV systems in which a simulation of reality is computer-controlled; the TV viewer of the future will wear a special helmet. You'll no longer be an external spectator to fiction created by others, but an active participant in your own fantasies/dramas.
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When you're in college, you really don't know where you're going to end up, but you know who you want to be along that journey.
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When I was young, my idea was to become a filmmaker.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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While he was president, it was popular to be a Nixon hater.
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A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.
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Much as my Boomer friends will hate me for saying this, Kanye West is the New Dylan. Not only do Kanye's best lyrics match Dylan's prescience, highly inventive word-play and genius for storytelling, his indefatigable cockiness eerily channels Muhammad Ali.
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Your art is the Holy Ghost blowing through your soul.
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My works are dear to me, each in its own way, I shall have to answer for them on the Day off Judgement. God alone knows whether I shall ever see them again. Quite apart from the money which I was going to receive for their sale there (exhibition in Gallery Der Sturm, Berlin June-July, 1914) and it is no small sum..
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I always had cats and animals, so children were never really in my thoughts.
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I am confounded by the failure of this rule to meet either the spirit or letter of the law, ... It is clearly delinquent in protecting all Americans equally from the hazards of mercury.
