Dan Webster Quotes
It's different from Washington in that in the legislature, you have to go home and have a job and actually make a living on your own. That gives you a different perspective.
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The first thing I tried to do in the months after losing my mother was to write a poem. I found myself turning to poetry in the way so many people do - to make sense of losses. And I wrote pretty bad poems about it. But it did feel that the poem was the only place that could hold this grief.
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All institutions have lapses, even great ones, especially by individual rogue employees - famously in recent years at 'The Washington Post,' 'The New York Times,' and the three original TV networks.
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I think talent makes me really attracted to someone more than anything.
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Making music is pretty much the only thing I can do.
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Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.
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Cinema affects everything, from the way I get dressed to how I build my stages.
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It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.
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It is a debt we owe to the purity of our religion to show that it is at variance with that law which warrants slavery.
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Soap opera seems to be a dirty word, but actually they are the most popular shows we have.
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There is a movement to get an international criminal court in the world, voted for by hundreds of states-but with the noticeable absence of the United States of America.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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Arab-led Islamic fundamentalism destabilizes nations from Algeria to the Philippines.
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I've already lived one full life, and so now I'm about to endeavor to see what else the good Lord has in store for me, and I'm wide open.
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In my proper character, I am an officer of the United States Army.
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Every now and then a man's mind is stretched by a new idea or sensation, and never shrinks back to its former dimensions.
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I was trying to take the band in a direction that I thought was appropriate, and Roth was trying to take the band in more of a Las Vegas direction. And there he is.
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Once I can verify my account, I will have a Twitter.
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I did a B.A. with a major in fine arts and a minor in psychology. I wanted to become a teacher or do art therapy for the elderly. But then I realised I wanted to travel instead.
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Nobody in France would ever say 'He's a Jewish novelist' or 'She's a black novelist,' even though people do write about those subjects. It would look absurd to a French person to go into a bookstore and see a 'Gay Studies' section.
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If eviction has these massive consequences that we all pay for, a very smart use of public funds would be to invest in legal services for folks facing eviction.
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I love life. There's so much to learn and see all the time, and nothing nicer for me than to wake up, and the sky is blue.
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While I knew that individuals had in history - and still could - make a difference, it seemed presumptuous - even pompous - to imagine that I could be part of it, that I could be one of them.
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I have never done any other job. I have sung in bands since I was 15. I left school completely unqualified. I have no other training.
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It's different from Washington in that in the legislature, you have to go home and have a job and actually make a living on your own. That gives you a different perspective.
