Merle Shain Quotes
The romantic myth is so strong that it survives the wear and tear of marriage by simply detaching from it and floating up on ahead, and women who are rather fond of the men they married, as well as ones who are not, go through life with a bag packed for the day when the shining knight on a white charger arrives, just in case he does.
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Nobody can teach what is inside a person; it has to be discovered for oneself and a way must be found to express it.
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We have shown that it is possible to create a radioactivity characterized by the emission of positive or negative electrons in boron and magnesium by bombardment with alpha rays.
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As a child in the rural district of Penal I remember sharing meals from the same pot with neighbours of different racial, ethnic, social and economic backgrounds.
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Certain subjects may no longer be taboo in cinema. But there are ways to treat them that still create shock.
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I'm a weekday warrior who takes our Georgia values to Washington, and on the weekends, I'm back home.
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When I was 23, I founded an organization called Dress for Success, which is now in more than 100 cities in 8 countries and has helped a million women transition from welfare to work.
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Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.
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I am happy everywhere except in places where I see glitz and rich farts. I am happiest in Brooklyn, where the concentration of rich farts is minimal.
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I am only interested in bad taste if I can enjoy a gruesome tango or watch a movie that makes me cry.
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I don't really approach a character as to whether or not it's good or bad. I just approach a character as to where it lives in me.
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What is most important to the history of the world? The Taliban or the collapse of the Soviet empire? Some stirred-up Moslems or the liberation of Central Europe and the end of the Cold War?
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We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself.
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We think that without cooperation with the Russians, we cannot achieve our goals.
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We need money. We need hits. Hits bring money, money bring power, power bring fame, fame change the game.
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And I have a really great agent and I know it's almost an oxymoron to say you have a smart agent. But she is and she has a beautiful aesthetic and she has guided me.
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And there is a beautiful thing which is wonderful, to look like a woman, not a green bean.
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I think I passed up a lot of opportunities for love because I was too interested in identity politics.
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You look at what One Direction has done and just say, 'That is just lucky;' it is not. It is happening because they are talented boys, good looking lads; and yes, their songs might not be the typical songs that lots of radios want to play, but they are great songs, pop records, that are massive across the world selling in huge numbers.
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How can you sing of amazing grace and all God's wonders without using your hands?
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I think a strong dollar is the result of policies, but I don't think the strong dollar is in and of itself a policy.
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You've got to stay strong to be strong in tough times.
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The romantic myth is so strong that it survives the wear and tear of marriage by simply detaching from it and floating up on ahead, and women who are rather fond of the men they married, as well as ones who are not, go through life with a bag packed for the day when the shining knight on a white charger arrives, just in case he does.
