Everett Dirksen Quotes
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Every country when they have Olympics, a lot of people come out opposed.
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I know things aren't perfect for women in the U.K. and in America, but there are women in the rest of the world who have it far worse.
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My dad was vehemently opposed to electric guitars. He did not look on that kind of music as legitimate in any way.
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Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.
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I'd much rather have the honesty than not. Because if you will say what's on your mind and get it off your chest, then the sooner I can prove you wrong!
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I asked my mother could I have an instrument. She said, 'Well if you go out and save your money.' So I went and got - I made me a shine box. I went out and started shining shoes, and I'd bring whatever I made.
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That heart alone is hard which does not shudder at itself for not feeling its hardness.
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I'm pretty much a straight guy on 'The Office.' We can't all be crazies. You need some balance.
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We all grew up, our grandmothers and mothers had about three channels to watch, so we watched those soaps and now, a generation has grown up with the Internet and computers and video games.
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I don't think I'd ever start making a film until I had both the intimacy with the subject and the distance to make it live in a certain way.
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I just love crafting and shaping sounds. Actually, many of the sounds that I work with start off as organic instruments - guitar, piano, clarinet, etc. But I do love the rigidity of electronic drums.
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True patriotism is better than the wrong kind of piety.
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To pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain the sense of the mystery that animates all beings, the divine margin in all attainments. Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living. It is all we can offer in return for the mystery by which we live. Who is worthy to be present at the constant unfolding of time?
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I never say no.
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I didn't choose a word or anything. I just wrote the song until it stopped.
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As unhealthy as I am, I'm weirdly aware of exactly how my body functions.
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After an 18-year career, I left the film industry, not wanting to become one of those child-actor cautionary tales.
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Some of my competitors overlook the importance of knowing as much as possible about their opponents, but I think that it is an invaluable asset that I have gained from working.
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Try life as your own boss, on your own voyage. No daily commute. No salad bar at 12:15. No cc'ing about the meeting.
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You want to know what a robot's designed for. And if it's doing something outside the scope of what it's made to do, you should be very suspicious.
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Pete Moffat writes crime conspiracy thrillers so beautifully. He goes places other people wouldn't; he is fearless.
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For man, as for flower and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly, most perfectly alive.
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It's a question of dropping the armor and getting up and doing the work you want to do. And film at first is frightening because you are like, 'What's that camera doing?' But then it becomes family and therefore a really wonderful experience.
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The U.S. Senate - an old scow which doesn't move very fast, but never sinks.
