Mercy Otis Warren Quotes
It may be a mistake, that man, in a state of nature, is more disposed to cruelty than courtesy
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Everyone romanticizes somebody.
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We must develop huge demonstrations, because the world is used to big dramatic affairs. They think in terms of hundreds of thousands and millions and billions... Billions of dollars are appropriated at the twinkling of an eye. Nothing little counts.
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I never figured I'd go into the Hall of Fame. A kid from the Hill.
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I love this country very much, and I'm proud to live here, but I think our current administration is extreme. These are not merely conservative people, these are extreme right-wing people.
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I wouldn't say I was bullied, but I was definitely a bit of an outcast. It was more the kids thinking I thought I was cool. I started homeschooling in fifth grade, and I was much happier.
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Halas didn't believe in starting rookies.
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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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I am very shy with people I don't know.
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I only did about one novel a year while I was working full time, but since 1993, I've averaged two and a half books a year.
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I look at Jerusalem as being a beacon for the three monotheistic religions.
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The settlers do not have a problem with the leftists but, rather, with Israelis who like settlers: Israelis who are unconcerned by the fact that national-religious youngsters are overtaking our elite units. Such Israelis actually appreciate the settlers for that.
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Music was as natural as breathing in our house.
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One of the magical things about these anthropomorphic animal movies is that we can take things that are so common in our own world that we deal with, like the DMV, or moving to a new city, or our family, and show you a mirror image of those things, reflected in a whole new way. That's why animals are great.
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Whenever I have friends over, we end up eating and talking and losing track of time, and, once in a while, singing karaoke. It reminds me of the family meals we had in Russia, which always lasted a very long time. That's a tradition I miss.
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My goal is to teach readers how to treat and respect themselves and each other in an entertaining way. I do that in all of my books.
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Obama and the Democrats' preposterous argument is that we are just one more big tax increase away from solving our economic problems. The inescapable conclusion, however, is that the primary driver of the short-term deficit is not tax cuts but the lack of any meaningful economic growth over the last half decade.
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I don't want a gamer to feel like they have to commit their whole life to changing the world.
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I have an iPad and I watch three things: 'The Daily Show,' '60 Minutes,' and 'Meet the Press.'
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To make something look real and alive, nothing can be symmetrical because nothing in real life is symmetrical. You have to make it look organic.
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I play the father in the scene when Will and Tommy go back to Tommy's old apartment. It was a big mistake. I hope not to be in the next movie I direct.
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Blues ain't never going anywhere. It can get slow, but it ain't going nowhere.
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For me becoming a filmmaker was about taking back my voice - crafting stories that would move away from the problematic narratives that the studio system would put out about Latinos. I think this is why people like my films. They're refreshing. They feel more real.
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If you let people into your life a little bit, they can be pretty damn amazing.
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It may be a mistake, that man, in a state of nature, is more disposed to cruelty than courtesy
