Olympia Snowe Quotes
I think that public discussions thus far, without a specific proposal, has created and enhanced a lot of confusion and fear among seniors, wondering if their benefits now are going to be cut.
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Brave men do not gather by thousands to torture and murder a single individual, so gagged and bound he cannot make even feeble resistance or defense.
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I was making comebacks every single year. That makes it difficult mentally. It causes a lot of stress.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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When a crime is committed, only the victim and the victim's close circle experience the event as pain, terror, death. To people hearing or reading about it, crime is a metaphor, a symbol of the ancient battles fought every day: evil versus good, chaos versus order.
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Like a child star whose fame fades as the years advance, many once-innovative companies become less so as they mature.
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I always like to sing along to some depressing, angry Morrissey.
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As soon as street art got popular, I was just like, 'I'm out of here.'
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I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.
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I don't really go out at night in terms of noisy, busy places; I prefer more of a quiet corner somewhere.
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It's on my bucket list, to get in a real fight.
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I did a lot of stunts, so the harness work isn't foreign to me either.
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The onset of mania occurs when repression is no longer able to resist the assaults of the repressed instincts.
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When we have lost everything, including hope, life becomes a disgrace, and death a duty.
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Fear obscures reason, intensifies emotions, and makes it easier for demagogic politicians to mobilize the public on behalf of the policies they want to pursue.
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The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are convinced that the voting public is, too. They count on outrage, thereby spreading numbness. They cherish the prospect of partisan fury, thereby inspiring nonpartisan disgust.
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I never understood when people go, 'Oh my gosh, it's so easy being pregnant.' No, it's hard. It's the most beautiful thing, yes, but it's hard.
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My dream job was to work in an ice cream shop. Two weeks and five pounds later, I realized it wasn't for me. For many years, I had planned to be a corporate lawyer. As luck would have it, other than a summer internship, I didn't end up doing that either.
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I was 18 when I did 'The Amanda Show,' and I was 19 when I did 'MadTV,' and I was in way over my head. I was just sort of a goof who could do impressions of WB stars - speaking of the Dawson Van Der Beek era - and it was overwhelming. I don't think I've learned more faster in my life than when I worked on 'MadTV.'
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When you say 'fear of the unknown', that is the definition of fear; fear is the unknown, fear is what you do not know, and it's genetically within us so that we feel safe. We feel scared of the woods because we're not familiar with it, and that keeps you safe.
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Perfect love casteth out fear.
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I think that public discussions thus far, without a specific proposal, has created and enhanced a lot of confusion and fear among seniors, wondering if their benefits now are going to be cut.
