Judy Blume Quotes
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Brave men do not gather by thousands to torture and murder a single individual, so gagged and bound he cannot make even feeble resistance or defense.
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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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You have family-owned businesses that have been around for 500 years. You cannot name a corporation that survives intact for even a few decades.
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As soon as street art got popular, I was just like, 'I'm out of here.'
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What I do, basically, is look at things from different angles. That is what I do on stage comedically, and that is what I do in art. I was always fascinated by the structure of things, why things work this way and not that way. So I like to see how things behave if you change the point of view.
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I think there's always room for more innovation and new things.
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I work so I don't need to make rent through my songs, and I think if more people engaged with music without needing it to provide for their welfare, you're not beholden to anyone.
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The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.
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I adore this adventure, I adore working with youth. For me it's a daily challenge, working to help these youths realize their dreams.
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The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have not yet developed a significant profile of their own.
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For example, the equivalent of a woman being treated as a sex object is a man being treated as a success object.
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Central banks need to be able to buy bonds if there are short-term malfunctions of the markets. But buying bonds without differentiation and without limits would be very problematic.
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How is it even sustainable in 21st-century America that women earn, on average, 77 cents for every dollar earned by men?
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There is no concept more generally cherished by publishers than that of the Undeserving Poor.
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I love James Brown, and as a baby, I was always dancing to James Brown.
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The movies I make - the goal isn't a mass audience. They're not expensive films. So the attempt is to reach a much more limited audience - one would say an audience that enjoys films that challenge them emotionally and intellectually.
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The more you put out there, the more you have to resolve. 'Air' is the most literary comic I've written so far, and that poses problems.
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If you're going to write a story, avoid contemporary references. They date a story and they have no staying power.
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I know that many will call this useless work.
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Great and strange ideas transcending experience often have less effect upon men and women than smaller, more tangible considerations.
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The Liberal Party of Canada, heading into an election, at the last minute they always stand up and they say: We know there's people out there that want to vote NDP and God love you. But if you vote for them you're throwing your vote away.
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I don't make music for any other reason than me enjoying music, and I am also glad that I am able to make a living of this.
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Kill the snake of doubt in your soul, crush the worms of fear in your heart and mountains will move out of your way.
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How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives.
