Isabel Allende Quotes
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I'm not a Republican.
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I build community. However, I do it wearing a number of hats.
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Do not follow vain desires; for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger.
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
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'Fargo' is one of my favorite movies.
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In Russia all tyrants believe poets to be their worst enemies.
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As the bill requires, any terror alert system must give people and organizations some indication about what steps they must take to improve their own security and assist in the Nation's security.
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There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country?
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It'd be crazy to say just because an artist is not successful that means he's not talented. I don't think anybody really believes that, but sometimes it feels that way.
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Even a beautiful piece of work can be overshadowed, destroyed, by something else.
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Stealing things is a glorious occupations, particularly in the art world.
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I want to live my life naked, with all my little naked kids naked in the garden.
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Unfortunately we - and I'm speaking not for Latin America but for Mexico because that's where I come from - we still, I think, are a little bit macho. Not that we only live in a macho world, but we also think as a macho world; even the women, you know? The women in Mexico, because that's the way we were raised.
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That's what I loved about show business, no two days were alike. It's an exciting life.
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Opening up Atlantic and Arctic waters to drilling would lock the next generation into burning oil and gas in a way that only makes climate change that much worse, fueling ever rising seas, widening deserts, withering drought, blistering heat, raging storms, wildfires, floods and other hallmarks of climate chaos.
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I want to upset people, I want to make people think, I want to keep people interested.
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I believe the classified section of a newspaper - especially the 'Business Opportunities' column - can tell you more about your city 'business-wise' than any other publication.
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O king! I was but a man like others, asleep upon my couch, when lo, the breezes of the All-Glorious were wafted over me, and taught me the knowledge of all that hath been. This thing is not from me, but from One Who is Almighty and All-Knowing.
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It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them.
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There is violence and injustice in our world that must be confronted. We must confront it not by splitting apart but by standing together as free nations, as free people. I know that a call to arms can stir the souls of men and women more than a call to lay them down. But that is why the voices for peace and progress must be raised together.
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Competition in armament, both land and naval, is not only a terrible burden upon the people, but I believe it to be one of the greatest menaces to the peace of the world.
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While 45 of the 50 States have either a State constitutional amendment or a statute that preserves the current definition of marriage, left-wing activist judges and officials at the local levels have struck down State laws protecting marriage.
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It's the sad thing about entertainment: it's not always about who is the best. Jake The Snake had a horrible time playing politics. I never had a belt; didn't need one. They tried to put me against Hogan twice, but when the people chanted for me, when they chanted for the DDT, that was the end of that. They couldn't ruin their marketing.
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Peace requires everyone to be in the circle - wholeness, inclusion.
