Haskell Wexler Quotes
The idea of accountability in Vietnam, Nicaragua and now Iraq - the media never has that in its quiver. When you see time after time there is no possibility of Nuremberg war crime trials, we're doomed to have it repeated.
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When I wake up at 5 in the morning is it just to jog? Definitely not, I give it all of my efforts.
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I feel like if I'm sick, I need flowers. I'm very open about saying what I need from a partner, and he needs to meet those demands.
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I don't ever want to seem like I'm trying to command attention through the way I dress - but I have certainly been known to wear everything from a flamboyant suit to something very mellow and classic. I aim to just look and feel confident.
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Today, in American imperialism, the commodity has reached its most grandiose historical manifestation.
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Vivere me dices, sed sic ut vivere nolim
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Jesus said, 'Go ... and make disciples,' not converts to your opinions.
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As you become known, the demands on you are such that you get less and less time to do the things you want to do. But if there are no demands, then that means nobody wants to read what you're doing anyway, so you're stuck.
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Winners make a habit of manufacturing their own positive expectations in advance of the event.
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Enlightenment should be a human right.
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I wonder that no criminal has ever pleaded the ugliness of your city as an excuse for his crimes.
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I'm not always what I think I am, but I am what I think.
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Law without penalty is only advise.
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Once there was a little bunny who wanted to run away. So he said to his mother, "I am running away". "If you run away", said his mother, "I will run after you. For you are my little bunny".
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It's much better to say, "If the herd is running, I'm running with those guys." And humans have herd mentality.
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I've started to experiment [in the studio] with texturing the canvas, building up the surface with large brushes, palette knife or fingers. I want to say more in my art.
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Being a successful person is not necessarily defined by what you have achieved, but by what you have overcome.
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Writing is always personal in some way but not always in a direct way.
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This war has already stretched the generation gap so wide that it threatens to pull the country apart.
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Energy will be the immediate test of our ability to unite this Nation, and it can also be the standard around which we rally. On the battlefield of energy we can win for our Nation a new confidence, and we can seize control again of our common destiny.
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While friendship has been by far the chief source of my happiness, acquaintance or general society has always meant little to me, and I cannot quite understand why a man should wish to know more people than he can make real friends of.
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The idea of accountability in Vietnam, Nicaragua and now Iraq - the media never has that in its quiver. When you see time after time there is no possibility of Nuremberg war crime trials, we're doomed to have it repeated.
