Sarah Addison Allen Quotes
If we measured life in the things that almost happened, we wouldn't get anywhere.
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In the Muslim world, there are many people who have been vocal and we have been very vocal against extremists. But how to win this battle is an ongoing battle. And we must continue to wage the battle for peace.
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Nothing exists except through language.
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I'll never do a film because it's a massive budget and I'm gonna get lots of publicity for it and it will bring something else.
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One can not impede scientific progress.
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So black people all across this country are uniting. They must unite, and they must organize themselves.
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In the theater, it's a visceral and physical response because you move around so much. You have to do something physical to pull you in. On TV or in movies, everything is so small. You can just lock into a character and ease yourself into that way.
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Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great.
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Any time you got nothing to do - and lots of time to do it - come on up.
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Honesty and loyalty are key. If two people can be honest with each other about everything, that's probably the biggest key to success.
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If you like a wine that you drink, now with your phone, it's so easy. Just take a picture of the label. You learn about it. You learn where it comes from and what the soil is like and why you like it. And that'll lead you to another wine.
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At the end of the day, we have an economy that works for the rich by cheating the poor, and unequal schools are the result of that, not the cause.
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When you catch other people with a sound like yours, that's when you know you did something.
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We have now just enshrined, as soon as I sign this bill, the core principle that everybody should have some basic security when it comes to their healthcare.
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I have heard of people dying from prostate cancer, and they are the unlucky ones, the people who didn't know they had got it, and it went on the rampage.
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The whole scale and scope of the decorating and fashion business in this country are incomparably grander than in London. What's thrilling about America in general, and the New York fashion scene in particular, is its optimism. It makes the whole experience energizing and uplifting.
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But some one will say that this supreme Being, who made all things, and those also who conferred on men particular benefits, are entitled to their respective worship.
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I don't think it's the function of Congress to function well. It should drag its heels on the way to decision.
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There is still zero empirical evidence that anthropogenic production of CO
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I'm hoping someday that we'll be able to start a consortium with places like Carnegie Hall to work on early childhood education. I really feel that's the most important place to put the arts.
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Rebels learn the rules better than the rule-makers do. Rebels learn where the holes are, where the rules can best be breached. Become an expert at the rules. Then break them with creativity and style.
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We want to free our citizens from the burden of excessive paper documents in every office. We want paperless transactions. We will set up a digital locker for every citizen to store personal documents that can be shared across departments.
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My work first engaged with the early russian avant-garde; the paintings of moholy-nagy, el lissitzky's 'prouns' and naum gabo's sculptures, but in particular with the work of kasimir malevitch - he was an early influence for me as a representative of the modern avant-garde intersection between art and design.
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One of my theories about life is that we become what we believe.
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If we measured life in the things that almost happened, we wouldn't get anywhere.
