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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All too often, government's response to social breakdown has been a classic case of 'patching' - a case of handing money out, containing problems and limiting the damage but, in doing so, supporting - even reinforcing - dysfunctional behaviour.
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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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Time stays, we go.
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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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[M]ere knowledge of the truth will not give you the art of persuasion.
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Power, carried to extremes, is always liable to reaction.
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There's a theory about fame: the moment it strikes, it arrests development. Michael Jackson remained suspended in childhood, enjoying sleepovers and funfairs; Winona Ryder, an errant teen who dabbled in shoplifting and experimented with pills; George Clooney, a 30-year-old commitment-phobe, never quite ready yet to settle down.
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I had no future with the Dodgers, because I was too closely identified with Branch Rickey. After the club was taken over by Walter O'Malley, you couldn't even mention Mr. Rickey's name in front of him. I considered Mr. Rickey the greatest human being I had ever known.
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I do definitely get boxed into this #BlackGirlMagic social activist category. But it makes me think, "Well, maybe people are able to start thinking about that concept earlier and will hopefully be inspired to delve deeper into it and research it more." I think that's just how the media works. It's just very good at compartmentalizing human beings.
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I'm confident President Obama will continue his unambiguous commitment to the Jewish state in his second term.
