H. W. Brands Quotes
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Any reflection about poetry should begin, or end, with this question: who and how many read poetry books?
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That's a beautiful thing. The more successful you are, the more people are going to come and be a part of music.
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I have admired David Bromley's work for years. He possesses such a wild and vivid imagination and really sees the beauty in everything.
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Emilia Clarke has beautiful brunette hair.
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A society made up of individuals who were all capable of original thought would probably be unendurable.
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I want people to learn what democracy means.
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I'm still Christian. I was not raised in a Christian church to hate people. I was taught to love people and accept people. I know what I believe.
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Every time I'm in Canada I feel more Swedish, and every time I'm in Sweden I feel more Canadian. I belong in both places and I love them both equally. It's funny because the Swedes claim me as their Swedish pride and the Canadians call me their Canadian girl. I'll take it all.
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It's hard for children's authors to be accepted when they try to write adult books. J.K. Rowling is the exception because people are so eager to read anything by her, but it took Judy Blume three or four tries before she had a success.
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I like movies that are specific. Movies that home in on a very specific subculture, a specific discipline, a specific world.
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Coaches are an integral part of any manager's team, especially if they are good pinochle players.
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I want to separate my professional life from my personal life. I want to live a normal life and be a normal mother.
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Please is frail like a dewdrop, while it laughs it dies. But sorrow is strong and abiding. Let sorrowful love wake in your eyes.
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Knowledge is also inferred from what is accepted as established knowledge, with new knowledge being based on the best explanation. This includes possible truths subject to proof.
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The dominant culture of the world teaches us that The Other is a threat, that our fellow human beings are a danger. We will all continue to be exiles in one form or another as long as we continue to accept the paradigm that the world is a racetrack or a battlefield.
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Instead of a government with steel in its backbone, we've got one with Steel in its pocket.
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It's not about superheroes. This is the method of universal storytelling that all people have... To me, they're the same as the Greek myths or the Roman myths or religious figures of every religion. These are common characters that we use to express stories about being a better person or what you would do when faced with various things.
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We deify willpower and self-control - and mock its absence. People who achieve through remarkable willpower are 'strong' and 'heroic.' People who need help or structure are 'weak.' This is crazy - because few of us can accurately gauge or predict our willpower.
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People hear and see what they expect to hear and see.
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I'll go on '60 Minutes,' and whereas other parents would be like, 'You did a great job. I'm so proud of you,' my mother will be like, 'Your hair - it was not nice.'
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Gold, or at least the prospect of it, saved him, then killed him.
