Henri Rousseau Quotes
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Like so many families, we were dealing with limited means. We weren't poor at all, but we had some challenging times financially. When my stepdad got laid off... we were really trying to find our footing for a couple of years.
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Sometimes you have to rest in certain games, but I want to play in every game.
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I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.
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Actually, my wine was served at the White House twice. Reagan must have been asleep when he ordered it.
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I could scrape water off horses all day long. That would never get boring.
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When I started in California, people would say, 'Enterprise who?'
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The England team must always be respected. They always fight to the end.
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In 70s America, protest used to be very effective, but in subsequent decades municipalities have sneakily created a web of 'overpermiticisation' - requirements that were designed to stifle freedom of assembly and the right to petition government for redress of grievances, both of which are part of our first amendment.
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Social Security is fundamentally strong.
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My mom and dad - they were always there. They were always on the set. They focused on our family life. The entertainment business wasn't the end-all. They weren't out to get the next big paycheck or the next big movie. It was about 'What can we do as a family.'
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Stay in your heart.
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I can't hide my feelings.
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If you are an outsider looking at India, learn to filter out both the irrational exuberance and the excessive pessimism. We're subject to both. You will become manic-depressive if you follow our moods.
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Dalí went on shocking the bourgeoisie till the end. The others, Ernst, Magritte, were all accepted into the critical fold as serious painters. Only Dalí held out till the end. He just didn't give a damn.
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Among the most striking things that I have learned is how much we have in common. I’ve sat down with people everywhere, discussing what was in their hearts and on their minds. And it doesn’t take long to find commonality, which is often overlooked, ignored, dismissed, and rejected otherwise.
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A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
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The European public has always been great to me.
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Thank God for the efforts of Black Lives Matter - we've seen an awakening in this era in a way we didn't see in Daddy's era in terms of people coming to grips with white privilege.
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Once I got into college, I discovered literature - in particular, multicultural literature. I just started to understand the power of story and narrative, and you know, like anyone else, I kind of wanted to do it, too.
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Writing is one of those jobs that everyone has an opinion on. I don't think this is a bad thing.
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After a while, the characters I'm writing begin to feel real to me. That's when I know I'm heading in the right direction.
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From the first moment of life, men ought to begin learning to deserve to live.
