Lao Tzu Quotes
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The legal right of the Southern people to reclaim their fugitives I have constantly admitted. The legal right of Congress to interfere with their institution in the states, I have constantly denied.
Abraham Lincoln -
The secret of my success with Geraldine is that she's not a putdown of women. She's smart, she's trustful, she's loyal, she's sassy.
Flip Wilson -
I don't think the Middle East could afford another war.
Abdullah II of Jordan -
I am born and raised in the Bronx. Where I grew up, it is a really working-class neighborhood and it does give you a really good work ethic.
Cara Buono -
I kinda wanted to play receiver more.
Victor Cruz -
Throwing money at something doesn't really create - forgive me that onerous word - art.
Harold Prince
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I've got a 12-year-old grandson who, when he was 3 years old, before he could say many other words, could name the different kinds of dinosaurs.
Walter Cronkite -
My number one goal is to love, support and be there for my son.
Farrah Fawcett -
Writing for children, you do bear a responsibility to not include overt or graphic adult content that they are not ready for and don't need, or to address adult concepts or themes from an oblique angle or a child's limited viewpoint, with appropriate context, without being graphic or distressing.
Garth Nix -
Stand by your man. Give him two arms to cling to and something warm to come to.
Tammy Wynette -
Southern Appalachians have been ridiculed since the country began. In fiction, they're usually depicted in a cartoonish manner. The region is poor, and very suspicious of outsiders, so there's a sort of 'us versus them' situation. They're easy to poke fun at.
Barbara Kingsolver -
The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election.
Earl Wilson
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The connection between education and a healthy economy is critical.
Ted Strickland -
I don't start with a list of historical scenes that I want to include in the book. At a certain point, the narrative totally takes over, and everything that I include I can only incorporate if it answers to the internal terms of the novel.
Rachel Kushner -
I like to have something to base a role on.
Sam Heughan -
I love hiking in the hills not far from my house. I'm invested in my hikes. Sometimes kids go up there and spray-paint over the signs; I've found a biodegradable paint cleaner, and I'll scrub the signs so they're nice and clean.
Nathan Fillion -
My happy place is holding my daughter and my husband in the same hug. It really is. I'm getting emotional just thinking about it. I consider it such a privilege, and I know that I'm lucky. I never want to take it for granted.
Lake Bell -
My witness is the empty sky.
Jack Kerouac
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I believe in the power of my subconscious mind and I am going to completely harness it.
Benjamin Smith -
The mystique of the femme fatale cannot be perfectly translated into male terms.
Camille Paglia -
I like all things natural, and I love being Indian. So clothes-wise, I love wearing Indian. Does my wearing a salwar kameez instead of a dress make me less of an actor, less of a person?
Vidya Balan -
Nothing will a man rue more than refusal to listen to the wise.
Philo -
God Almighty never created a man half as wise as he looks.
Thomas Carlyle -
He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.
Lao Tzu