Jack Kemp Quotes
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Most women's pictures are as boring and as formulaic as men's pictures. In place of a car chase or a battle scene, what you get is an extreme closeup of a woman breaking down.
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The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
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I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
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If your contribution has been vital there will always be somebody to pick up where you left off, and that will be your claim to immortality.
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I wish I had an answer to that because I'm tired of answering that question.
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Western enthusiasm for democracy stops when those opposed to its policies are elected to office.
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We've made some good beginnings with the New START Treaty, but a lot more can be done.
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Around the world, climate change is an existential threat - but if we harness the opportunities inherent in addressing climate change, we can reap enormous economic benefits.
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'Macbeth' was a very lucky play for me.
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If you get depressed, you can be stuck for months; if you have an analyst, you at least have a chance of getting out of it faster.
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There's been a big buzz about the Charlatans in the last couple of years. I've heard the word Charlatans more in the last few years than I'd heard it for the previous 20 years. People would interview me for years and never even mention the Charlatans.
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My dad has always been really helpful. He taught me that talent is a bonus, but persistence is what wins out.
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Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.
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I often feel that my days in New York City, that I was here for five years, didn't get one job, went on a thousands of auditions and literally did not get a job on a soap, not a movie, not TV, not nothing, although I did do some commercials thank God.
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Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.
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We read deeply for varied reasons, most of them familiar: that we cannot know enough people profoundly enough; that we need to know ourselves better; that we require knowledge, not just of self and others, but of the way things are.
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Companies that have strong graphic identities have built them through years of use.
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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
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Violence is one of the most fun things to watch.
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It's not a matter of whether or not someone's watching over you. It's just a question of their intentions.
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Conflict, of course, comes about because of the misuse of power and the clash of ideals, not to mention the inflammatory activities of unscrupulous and bigoted leaders. But it also arises, tragically, from an inability to understand and from the powerful emotions which, out of misunderstanding, lead to distrust and fear.
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I learned about the market's power when I was traded to the Buffalo Bills for $100.
