Ed Koch Quotes
I'm confident President Obama will continue his unambiguous commitment to the Jewish state in his second term.
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The legacy of the fairy story in my brain is that everything will work out. In fiction it would be very hard for me, as a writer, to give a bad ending to a good character, or give a good ending to a bad character. That's probably not a very postmodern thing to say.
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There are many problems, but I think there is a solution to all these problems; it's just one, and it's education.
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One who neglects or disregards the existence of earth, air, fire, water and vegetation disregards his own existence which is entwined with them.
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It is not true that I dictate what should be done. There is a dialogue.
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One of the great upsides to a national book tour is the chance to break out of television's cocoon and interact directly with the American people.
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My work as a screenwriter has influenced my fiction. Writing screenplays forces you to consider many elements regarding story structure and other narrative devices that can be used to enhance the infinitely more complex demands of a novel.
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I'm for absolute autonomy of the individual, and an adult, competent woman has absolute autonomy. It's her choice.
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When you return to the same area a few times, you get that frequent rapport with the public and the fans of the music along with having a certain warmth when you walk onstage.
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I read fashion magazines all the time. It's fun, but I don't take it very seriously.
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When you're starting up a show, you don't really know what direction it's going to go.
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I love Vanna White as much as the next guy.
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It is most regrettable that nuclear energy is being harnessed for making nuclear weapons.
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Back when we was in school in Mississippi, we had Little Black Sambo. That's what you learned: Anytime something was not good, or anytime something was bad in some kinda way, it had to be called black. Like, you had Black Monday, Black Friday, black sheep... Of course, everything else, all the good stuff, is white. White Christmas and such.
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The connection between education and a healthy economy is critical.
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So go ahead. Fall down. The world looks different from the ground.
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I love thinking about the film, the project and committing myself as much as possible.
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Everyone needs something they're good at. You want your kids to be passionate and figure out something they're good at.
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Your environment doesn't define you. I don't have a lot of money, but I can help train people and I can talk to people. We can all be mentors to the next generation.
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A resilient culture has a certain amount of resistance embedded in it. Not so much to capsize it, but enough so that it doesn't atrophy.
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The only way to create change in anyone`s psychology or belief system is to show them the consequences of their actions - or inaction.
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I couldn't sell pills no more [because my] homie went to jail. I was just dirt broke. I went to TDE and was literally living in the studio where you record. I went damn near a whole two years not getting sleep because there was always somebody there recording. I was taking baths with dishwashing liquid.I was one of the dudes [who] would never ask for nothing so I would never ask for soap.
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The power that is supported by force alone will have cause often to tremble.
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I won't be attempting to write Jane Austen-style prose - that would be suicidal. But I will attempt to bring the highest level of my own prose, and to make it sparkle.
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I'm confident President Obama will continue his unambiguous commitment to the Jewish state in his second term.
