Helen Keller Quotes
It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the world. Youth may be headstrong, but it will advance it allotted length.
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I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys.
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It is something where I think that people need to take a step back and realize how bad these things we are doing really are for our ears. But nobody really thinks about it. We're playing shows every night with music in our ears. That's just the industry.
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My work was entirely nonfiction.
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Nonviolent tactics can move into action on our behalf men not naturally inclined to act for us.
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I was born in England, but then I lived in Calgary, Saudi Arabia, Cyprus, India, Vancouver, London, Toronto, and now L.A.
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I want my fans to love themselves. It's almost like I want to hypnotize them so when they hear my music they love themselves instantly.
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There were so many pretty girls coming into the salon as clients, and others working in the salon. And I thought, 'Hmm. This is rather nice.'
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I saw the pilot for 'Girls' about six months before it aired.
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You get steely nerves playing poker.
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There's a monster outside my room, can I have a glass of water?
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Poetry seems to sink into us the way prose doesn't. I can still quote verses I learned when I was very young, but I have trouble remembering one line of a novel I just finished reading.
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My parents, Gary and Patricia, let me be in my world. They never told me what I couldn't do. It helped me adapt in a positive way.
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Hemingway was a jerk.
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No one is so thoroughly superstitious as the godless man.
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The atheist, by merely being in touch with reality, appears shamefully out of touch with the fantasy life of his neighbors.
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It is a tremendous act of violence to begin anything. I am not able to begin. I simply skip what should be the beginning.
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There's no question that looking down to search the Web, send a text message, or log onto Facebook puts you in danger and puts people around you on the road in danger.
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I love New York. I can walk half a block and I'm at the grocery store. I don't have to drive anywhere.
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I grew up in Manhattan and, since my father was a playwright, all I ever wanted to be was a stage actress.
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I think I do have a sort of terrible propensity for boredom and for being bored, even though I am absolutely of the opinion that one shouldn't be bored and that there is no excuse for it and that it is a personal failing.
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Representative Chris Lee was forced to resign after sending a shirtless picture of himself to a woman on Craigslist. On the bright side, he DID surprise his wife for Valentines Day.
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I preferred rock when it was in the dark, when it was a secret between me and the audience, when it wasn't mainstream.
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I had great mentors in my parents who always sought to understand the world around them. And they would push me to really think things through.
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It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the world. Youth may be headstrong, but it will advance it allotted length.
