E. Y. Harburg Quotes
When the idle poor become the idle rich, you'll never know just who is who, or which is which.
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There's something about a divorce in that even if your parents still love you, the fact that they can't live with each other makes you feel there's something wrong with you.
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The battle in American politics used to be for the middle. Now, it's all about the building and the intensity of support on the far left and far right wings of both parties. And we have forgotten about the people here in the middle.
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I think the most important element of a power outfit is proper fit. The one item to focus on is a suit. If it's the right fit, you could wear it with a T-shirt and still convey the positive message.
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I've been busy for years, buying land, often under pseudonyms, and planting trees on it. All the money is going into it when I die - and in the end I'd like to think that it will be 20 to 30,000 acres.
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We do not interfere in U.S. politics... and Europeans expect that America does not interfere in European politics.
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I'm probably less volatile and tempestuous than a lot of Aries, but I think I'm probably quite loud and outgoing and passionate. Maybe a bit difficult or stubborn.
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And in the Second World War, you didn't just read about it in the newspapers because you weren't allowed to read it in the newspapers. It was all censored, you know? So nobody knew what we were doing.
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All my friends are like, 'Can you be on my side in the zombie apocalypse?' and I'm like, 'I got this.'
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All I can say is that I did admire 'The Lives of Others', which I thought was really about something and beautifully done.
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I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career.
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The single worst moment of my life... was the moment I was born.
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I was never the mascot of the Georgia football team.
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I never had crushes on anybody when I was younger; I really didn't.
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I've always thought Shawn Michaels's story is fascinating.
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I dare anybody to look at me and say I'm anorexic. I'm so totally not.
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El Salvador is a democracy so it's not surprising that there are many voices to be heard here. Yet in my conversations with Salvadorans... I have heard a single voice.
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I became a dancer late and an actor late.
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I miss submitting people; I have a lot of confidence in my jiu-jitsu.
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If we continue to fight the National Rifle Association on their home court, which is the legislative front, I think we'll continue to be frustrated. But when you have an ability to go directly to the public, that's a completely different field of engagement, and I think the NRA is not adept at that kind of engagement.
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Being enlightened is just being aware. It's just being aware of something that you weren't aware before.
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'Firelight' is a beautiful story about a lot of young women. My character, Caroline, is a girl who has a bad boyfriend, and he ends up getting her locked up and incarcerated.
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I appreciate a songwriter like Morrissey with so much restraint.
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It is a lot easier to be brave when you know you have no alternative.
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When the idle poor become the idle rich, you'll never know just who is who, or which is which.
