Jack Kemp Quotes
American society as a whole can never achieve the outer-reaches of potential, so long as it tolerates the inner cities of despair.
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Sir, I am a republican; and I desire to see this House observe the principles of that democracy which is ever on the lips of its members, and which, I hope, is in their hearts, as I know and feel it is in mine, and mean it shall be in my conduct.
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New York is one of the greatest cities in the world. It is a fitting host to its many international visitors, who can come to witness first-hand what a vibrant multicultural democracy looks like.
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I'm a pretty girl who's a model who doesn't suck as an actress.
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I get recognized so much. It happens mostly when I'm in Starbucks.
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All performances are different. I don't think it's necessary to compare one with another. I am just me playing the role of Lear. You're bound to get a Holm approach to it, whatever that may be. I just got out there and did it. I'm very much a doer in my acting.
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I do think that 'Pretty Little Liars' has raised the bar in how social media can tie into the fan base watching the show.
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The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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Writers have to be very careful and discerning because so much of the machine is out of their control.
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The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning - in other words, of absurdity - the more energetically meaning is sought.
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I don't have an MBA, and I didn't go to Yale. I'm not an academic person and wasn't a good student. Instead, I've been taught by some of the most inspiring people in the world.
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I don't know why, but I respond well to tortured characters.
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I realized I didn't want to be a photographer. I gave it up, but I still worked that job in the restaurant and I found myself constantly hanging out in the kitchen.
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No actor who's any good can say truthfully to themselves, 'Yeah, I'm good; I've got this sorted.'
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Music is like my security blanket.
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There was a lot of Southern Baptist preachers and some yelling ones but mostly we had a pastor who didn't scream and I found a lot of comfort and joy and peace as a child hearing the Bible.
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These days, meals are more open to personal preferences. People like to serve themselves.
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Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise.
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I find Cambridge an asylum, in every sense of the word.
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I don't know - is everything the U.S. does a shocking embarrassment?
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By the time we hit fifty, we have learned our hardest lessons. We have found out that only a few things are really important. We have learned to take life seriously, but never ourselves.
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Some of the most patriarchal thinkers I know are women. Some of the most feminist thinkers are men.
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In England you're skewered on the altar of pop culture if you become pretentious.
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If you say one gets influenced watching a character, I think it's foolish. Cinema reflects society; society rarely reflects cinema.
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American society as a whole can never achieve the outer-reaches of potential, so long as it tolerates the inner cities of despair.
