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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The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
Bertrand Russell -
Originally I was supposed to do Grand Prix, but I was under contract to 20th Century Fox at that time and Alex North was supposed to do Sand Pebbles, but he got sick, so Fox preempted me out of Grand Prix, and to my good fortune, I got to do Sand Pebbles. It was my first time working with Robert Wise and it was a great experience.
Jerry Goldsmith -
My original dream was to become a singer-songwriter, so I sent a video of myself playing the piano and singing to all the big agencies.
Park Bo-gum -
All the writers and producers around us that gave us the environment where we could play. They were able to provide us with a place where we could take chances to play with things, go against the grain and do things that people don't always do.
Matthew Ashford -
There's nothing stupider than bursting into song for seven seconds and then falling silent again.
Richard Morris -
He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.
Lao Tzu