Stephen R. Donaldson (Stephen Reeder Donaldson) Quotes
It is wrong to ask for more than you give freely. In this way, we come to resemble what we hate.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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'The Wire' really is an American classic, and I think that's something to be very proud of.
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I have never worried about 'Frontline' becoming an old-fashioned news brand, because we never were.
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One can not impede scientific progress.
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I think I take on a little more responsibility when push comes to shove. I'm not scared to fail.
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I loved the DOS games, Super Nintendo. And I have a very addictive personality, so I recognize now that I just can't engage in that kind of stuff because I'll never stop. So I no longer play any games.
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Number one I think we should impose a fee or a tax on the transportation of trash per mile.
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You're always facing the top defenders in this league. To go out there and do your best, that's all you can ask for.
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When the American spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different: Liberty, sir, was the primary object.
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I don't have the self-discipline for diets; I break rules I set for myself, so I try and eat more healthily, juice more, and avoid sugar.
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OK, I've been very wild, but I've never really been the sort of person who goes that crazy!
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I was a real loner in high school, even though people assume I was the head cheerleader.
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I was a groupie for a year and followed a band. I dated the drummer of the band.
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There are still some pieces that aren't being used, like the white-space bands between TV channels. With digital broadcasting, those buffers aren't needed anymore. The wireless telcos want to lease them, while the TV industry wants to maintain the status quo. Either decision would be a mistake.
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It was a place that is trying to destroy the individual by every means possible; trying to break his spirit, so that he accepts that he is No. 6 and will live there happily as No. 6 for ever after. And this is the one rebel that they can't break.
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People love things about Hollywood. People love to see the inside of what's going on.
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I went to see Dad in hospital after he had gone through one particularly grueling operation. I walked into the room where he was recovering, and he was sitting up in a chair, wearing his shirt and tie. That was after eight hours of surgery. I found that so moving.
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Why doesn't anyone remember that the Palestinians already had four real opportunities to establish their state, yet each time they preferred to revert to terrorism?
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It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.
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To pull a friend out of the mire, don't hesitate to get dirty.
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He that can work is born to be king of something.
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Mandela drafted the M Plan, a simple, commonsense plan for organization on a street basis so that Congress volunteers would be in daily touch with the people, alert to their needs and able to mobilize them.
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The ideal is a synthesis of the different cultures that have come to stay in India, that have influenced Indian life, and that, in their turn, have themselves been influenced by the spirit of the soil.
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It is wrong to ask for more than you give freely. In this way, we come to resemble what we hate.
