Ernie Fletcher Quotes
Education is our greatest opportunity to give an irrevocable gift to the next generation.
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Divorce isn't the child's fault. Don't say anything unkind about your ex to the child, because you're really just hurting the child.
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Tell me what you'd like to hear me sing. I'll sing whatever you like, after which I'll take up a collection, if you don't mind.
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Reducing carbon emissions is important, but it is shortsighted if not coupled with reducing the toxic emissions from our heart; and that is something spiritual leaders are supposed to teach and something all thinking people, regardless of their beliefs, should practice.
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Sometimes 'Rookie' is written about like, 'Finally! Something for alternative girls!' and I'm like, 'No!' Obviously it's not for everyone, but I used to think that there are cheerleaders, and there are art kids.
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It ultimately becomes an asset to be part of a theatrical family if, indeed, you're good at what you do.
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It's hard to have people talking about you and trashing you in the media and saying they think your career is over... and you are only 25.
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I really like my doctors. Some of them I love. I trust them.
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The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win.
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Some of the greatest relationship films of all time, the two stars have hated each other, but mostly you see that chemistry.
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We must keep both our femininity and our strength.
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I've never played a Dane in a movie. I've had offers to be in Danish movies, including for some good directors, but I either had a job at the time or, when I was available, the movie just didn't happen. Hopefully someday I'll do one.
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I'm a television junkie.
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For 'Rosa Luxemburg,' I read everything by and about her, but the first time I was stuck in that corset, I got an understanding of her that I'd never had before.
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Based on 30 years of experience with the Iranians, they will give you 100 words. Trust only one of the 100.
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I have been married for 58 years to the same woman. Our secret? Separate bathrooms.
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When I am an old woman, I will stop trying to look beautiful. I will quit wearing makeup and buying uncomfortable clothes because they look good. Maybe I will take up nudism.
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The need to encourage entrepreneurship and ensure that young people have the opportunity to start new businesses is acute.
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I like having a schedule. I tend to be the type of person that thrives on something being regular.
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I'm a third-generation Miamian. I'm fond of it. I'm an expatriate, so it's the only American city I can still legitimately claim.
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Tiger Woods makes me a better athlete.
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The only useful answer to the question 'Who is smarter, a man or a woman?' is, which man and which woman?
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This much we know: Journalism is not a precise science. It's, on its best day, is a crude art. We make mistakes; I make mistakes. With more than 50 years as a journalist, I have at least had the opportunity to blow more stories, make more mistakes than maybe anybody in television.
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And of course, we know that opportunity lies outside the reach of some of our people. We don't need flowery words about inequality to tell us that, and we don't need a party that has led while poverty and hunger rose to record levels to give us lectures about suffering.
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Education is our greatest opportunity to give an irrevocable gift to the next generation.
