George Haven Putnam Quotes
Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the Government nor of dungeons to ourselves.
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It's not a terribly original thing to say, but I love Raymond Carver. For one thing, he's fun to read out loud.
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'The Crumbling of America' should be required viewing for local and national government, not to mention the local and national media who should be keeping their feet to the fire on guarding against disaster.
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When in doubt, wear a suit. Look at male politicians: you see them in a suit, and they look fine. But if you see a picture of them on the weekend or on vacation, there's a good chance they look terrible and unstylish.
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College was where I got to actually experience the difference between black and white.
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It was just this interesting, my first, the first time you hear your child in any way criticise you. It's the worst review of your life and it's really relieving to find out that they don't know what they're saying.
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Once I was condemned to three months' absolute silence. As I could not speak, I wrote a book.
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Not all cops are bad, but this kind of harassment has been going on for years in the ghetto.
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When I write notes in my journal, I'm just trying to scribble down as much as possible. Later on, I decide whether to follow some of those first impressions or whether to abandon them.
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I knew it was time to get off of reality TV when someone asked me if I sang as well as acted.
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Carlos was a character, a character fabricated by Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, fabricated by the secret services of the epoch, fabricated by the governments of the epoch, by the radical groups of the epoch, by the communications media.
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As far as developing a career as an actress, I think it's a fine balance between trying to just work, and also be true to yourself.
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Maybe I should mention it: I was not from the beginning mainly interested in papilloma virus; I was mainly interested in infectious agents in human cancer. So papilloma viruses came up as the most likely candidate from my viewpoint.
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When you start with a portrait and search for a pure form, a clear volume, through successive eliminations, you arrive inevitably at the egg. Likewise, starting with the egg and following the same process in reverse, one finishes with the portrait.
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The focus of my research is how secular movements originated in West Asian countries and subsequently changed to pan-Islamic movements. The role of Western countries in this aspect is also a part of the research.
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I just want to continue the way I am going.
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I played a lot of football, and I was a goalkeeper, but I didn't really like playing in goal.
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I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.
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A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.
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A slave government is an oligarchy; and one, too, of the most arbitrary and criminal character.
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I don't have a problem to say I am a good merchandiser, because I love objects.
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Again, as a gay man I look at that and say there's a hopelessness that surrounds it, but as a human being I look at it and say 'Why? Where's this disparity coming from, and why can't we as a culture and society dig deeper to examine that?' We're terrified of facing ourselves.
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As a child, I wanted to marry a farmer, but no doubt the reality would have been very different to the idyll in my head.
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We live in a disposable society. It's easier to throw things out than to fix them. We even give it a name - we call it recycling.
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Neither let us be slandered from our duty by false accusations against us, nor frightened from it by menaces of destruction to the Government nor of dungeons to ourselves.
