Henry Louis Gates Quotes
For me, a garden is peace of mind. It immediately takes my mind off the thing I'm puzzling about in my work and gives me repose.
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I approach these people from a standpoint of love. How were they loved? How do they love? What's going on in their heart? There's that that I think about with every role.
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We live in a time where government is not a leadership thing, it's more a business that's out there and running riot, so I guess the people have to go out there and say stuff.
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Basically, my idea and explorations on fashion have not changed; however, I believe I'm going state-of-the-art on fashion.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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I can be quite surprised by what makes me cry, but it's usually spiritual things.
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The cause of war is preparation for war.
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Is it possible to live in this world without the operation of will?
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John Howard's credibility on the entire Iraq war has been torpedoed by John Howard's own intelligence agency.
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I have the utmost respect for those who have come to this country legally and have contributed to the great melting pot that is America today. But those who have crossed our borders illegally have broken the law and the law ought to be enforced.
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My mom ending up passing away, and I got really depressed and didn't have money for therapy, and so I started doing standup to cope with my mom's death.
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I believe Nebraskans appreciate the fiscal discipline I've brought to state government, balancing the budget without raising taxes and prioritizing education funding.
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The process was remarkably cathartic. I'd sit and listen to my father's voice - having not heard some of these tapes for 30 years and hearing his voice laying me down for a nap, our giggles and cooking dinner - and I remembered all those wonderful days. Normal days.
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Vancouver is the square root of negative one. Technically it shouldn't exist, but it does. I can't imagine living anywhere else.
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When I started working with mirrors, it seemed to be the perfect material to stand in for that waiting.
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I lived in a studio apartment until my mid-30s. I don't have an extravagant lifestyle.
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Our sins are more easily remembered than our good deeds.
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Being a parent is not a reasonable thing. It is a very hard thing. I am a parent and I know.
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There's families all across the country that miss people, but there's nothing like military families.
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I was mortified by my parents - what they did, who they were, everything. I hated who I was. I hated everything, and I would live in a fantasy world and try to be different. But that's not a lot different, I think, than a lot of kids.
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The difference in the quality of medical care received by people with mental illness is one of the reasons why they live shorter lives than people without mental illness. Even in the best-resourced countries in the world, this life expectancy gap is as much as 20 years. In the developing countries of the world, this gap is even larger.
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The last thing a young woman needs is another picture of a sexy pop star writhing in sand, covered in grease, touching herself.
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I do not think the division of the subject into two parts - into applied mathematics and experimental physics a good one, for natural philosophy without experiment is merely mathematical exercise, while experiment without mathematics will neither sufficiently discipline the mind or sufficiently extend our knowledge in a subject like physics.
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There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.
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For me, a garden is peace of mind. It immediately takes my mind off the thing I'm puzzling about in my work and gives me repose.
