Judith Flanders Quotes
The last refuge of the intelligentsia: when life gets too difficult, go find something to read.
Quotes to Explore
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The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.
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I have a 60-acre farm in North Carolina, and I have a tractor and a farmhouse. As soon as I groom the land, I want to put cabins around and have a place where people can write and hang out. It'll be either that or an all-black nudist colony.
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'Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
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Only when your consciousness is totally focused on the moment you are in can you receive whatever gift, lesson, or delight that moment has to offer.
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For the record, I have long suspected that my favorite book is actually 'Charlotte's Web.'
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Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
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I hope that people will see that we don't have to sit by the sidelines and watch as the two major parties limit their choices to slightly different flavors of the status quo. It is, in fact, possible to join the fray, stand up for principles and offer a real alternative.
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I'm still learning how to do things - like lining my eyes? Forget it.
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Excellence always sells.
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It all begins with the initial tone coming from the cabinet, but EQ at the board is very important.
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He who observes etiquette but objects to lying is like someone who dresses fashionably but wears no vest.
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We tried many times before to speed on the social revolution in Spain; attempted to stir up the feelings of the people and to raise the banner of Libertarian Communism.
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All of us are going to have to find ways to do things more efficiently, find ways to get our costs more in line, and do it in a time of higher regulatory and environmental standards.
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Judaism is a whole line of values that have existed for thousands of years, but the democratic idea is a new idea, and significant parts of it stand in contradiction to Judaism.
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There are only three things I can do - make a dress, decorate a house, and entertain people.
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I'm looking for things where, like with 'Ten,' I don't look like me, and I'm playing something a bit different. I'm just trying to flex a different muscle and see if it works. I've saved the world and killed monsters and done all that. Now I want to try something a bit different and a bit more challenging.
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Hussein has chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies.
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I joined an acting class in my junior year in high school. I'd always wanted to try it.
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Once you have selected a sport or a creative activity, the rules are pretty much the same.
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My kids are from different countries, but there's an understanding, you don't have to like a country just because you were born in it. You need to respect all countries. And be very open to each other's, of course.
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All my life, I've been frightened at the moment I sit down to write.
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Prayer requires more of the heart than of the tongue.
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People are starved for a way of life - they're hunting for a way to be or to act toward the world.
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The last refuge of the intelligentsia: when life gets too difficult, go find something to read.
