Ivan Allen Quotes
A lot of things happened in a lot of places. And to see how well it was handled in Atlanta. There are a lot of reasons for Atlanta being a special town in the Civil Rights era.
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The British Museum was our first real museum, the property of the public rather than the monarch or the church.
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I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through.
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We can overcome evil with greater good.
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I lift heavy weights and sprint, but I am so bad at it that I develop severe injuries.
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One of my dreams is to walk down the runway during Fashion Week!
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I understand those who don't like me.
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I think most of the dinosaur specimens we find represent subadult sizes.
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I've always had this sneaking suspicion that I get a kick out of the insecurity.
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I've been careful in love. I've been careless in love. And I've had adventures I wouldn't trade for anything.
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If they make the deadline because the Shiites and Kurds essentially rammed a draft through over Sunni Arab objections, there will be hell to pay.
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My left brain has gradually 'eaten' the right-brain capabilities away.
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I was a freelancer all through my 20s and was very slow to get good at what I did.
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I'm a better mother if I'm also doing my work. Some women find a lot more satisfaction from doing the hardest job, which is being a mom. But I like my day job, so I juggle a lot.
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My generation, we really have to step up to the plate and vote. Tweeting is great - people say, 'Oh, I don't want this or that' - but at the end of the day, tweeting isn't a ballot. Just saying that you don't like someone on Twitter is not going to turn a state blue or red. You have to vote.
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I believe the House of Representatives is exactly the place where immigration reform should take place. Our entire House is elected every two years. We're the people closest to the people.
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If I'm in an uncomfortable situation, I think I can say something funny to defuse it. Sometimes you can't.
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We view ourselves on the eve of battle. We are nerved for the conquest and must conquer or perish. It is vain to look for present aid: None is at hand. We must now act or abandon all hope!
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Man has done a lot to make himself dangerous and animals get the worst of all of it. But then, man too is an animal.
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He was trained as a dancer, and he had both a dancer's body and a dancer's capacity. He incarnated for me the most appealing and tragic aspects of American lower-class life.
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I like the big bombastic singers, but I'm also very drawn to what I call character singers. They're people who obviously aren't very huge singers, but they've got this ability to tell a story and touch you emotionally without really using any kind of histrionics or special effects.
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I am an artist... It's self-evident that what that word implies is looking for something all the time without ever finding it in full. It is the opposite of saying, 'I know all about it. I've already found it.' As far as I'm concerned, the word means, 'I am looking. I am hunting for it. I am deeply involved.'
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Government that is open and honest will always be able to withstand the light of day.
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A lot of things happened in a lot of places. And to see how well it was handled in Atlanta. There are a lot of reasons for Atlanta being a special town in the Civil Rights era.
