Judith Martin (Miss Manners) Quotes
Freedom without rules doesn't work. And communities do not work unless they are regulated by etiquette.
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Humor disarms people. It opens them up to starting a dialogue about things they wouldn't normally talk about. I don't understand how people who don't have a sense of humor get through life.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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People know I have a good time on stage. I love my life. I love my job.
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I really thank my parents for giving me the good sense to not get into anything wrong. There are many people around who like controversies, and I actually wonder how do they do it. I don't have the courage to get into controversies. There are people who love it; I find it silly.
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My favorite soundtrack is 'Avatar.' It's the best thing in the world. I love it.
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I've been asked too many times to write a book by the fans.
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I don't think about the media.
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I have no ties to my dad. I had no communications with him; it didn't shape who I am or anything like that. I'm actually a product of my mom.
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I am not a method actor, though I studied for a year with Lee Strasburg.
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History should belong to all of us, and it needs to include people from different cultural backgrounds. Otherwise, it risks becoming irrelevant to children, who could then become disenchanted with education.
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When I was immobilized by fear, I might have a panic attack. I've had a couple of panic attacks in my life.
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L.A. really doesn't feel like home to me anymore.
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If you come from Africa with your economic poverty and your cultural riches, and you meet someone like Peter Gabriel or a person from a big record company, and they tell you that what you are doing is marvelous, that makes you feel powerful.
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I think Thanksgiving is the perfect occasion to break open a buttery, oaky Chardonnay from California.
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American voters have to pay closer attention to politics if they want to avoid four years of whining about the outcome.
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It was kind of exciting being on the radio. Not everybody was on the radio.
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Stan is a rescue Chihuahua mix. He was the role model for Bob, the dog in 'Ivan.' The drawings in the book look precisely like Stan.
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My own personal, moral, spiritual, religious, etc. beliefs don't oppose same-gender marriage.
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I feel like too many guys get wrapped up in this image that a quarterback is supposed to have, and I've never bought into that.
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If you argue and rankle and contradict, you may achieve a victory sometimes; but it will be an empty victory because you will never get your opponent's good will.
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So there are all kinds of things that grammarian purists would argue are awkward forms of speech and sometimes they are intentional for rhetorical effect and sometimes it's the way people chose to write at the time. Inerrancy isn't interested in any of those kinds of things.
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I don't have regrets, there are only lessons. You learn from them, and you become a better person.
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We, as artists, we have the right to express ourselves. That is our first amendment, freedom of speech. But I also believe that we have an obligation to the youth to be somewhat responsible in what we say on records. But I think that comes with age. I think that comes with artists growing up and becoming assured of who they are as people.
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Freedom without rules doesn't work. And communities do not work unless they are regulated by etiquette.
