Irena Sendler Quotes
Heroes do extraordinary things. What I did was not an extraordinary thing. It was normal.
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I think it's fair to say that all of the teams that have been in the playoffs have played very physically.
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All those who are around me are the bridge to my success, so they are all important.
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The ideal would be to have a career like Meryl Streep's or Kate Winslet's. It's just unbelievable how they manage to make such incredible choices one after the other. If you could have a career anything like that, then that would be a great thing.
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In the morning, I always use a cube of ice on my face – it gives me a natural lift.
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Imagine if Beethoven had a tape recorder. Then you'd know exactly what he meant. Maybe he meant 'Da da da da' instead of 'Boom boom boom boom!' Who knows?
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September 11 is one of our worst days but it brought out the best in us. It unified us as a country and showed our charitable instincts and reminded us of what we stood for and stand for.
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I always wish I could go back and see the people that I love as children.
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If the light is right, you can squint at the Taj and see the specter of its black twin on the other side of the Yamuna - and it is then that you truly marvel not just at the Taj, but at the wonder of what might have been.
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Part of our evolutionary heritage is the ability to adapt - species that survive, adapt. Humans adapt by altering their priorities to match evolving values.
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A Moment's Halt - a momentary taste Of Being from the Well amid the Waste - And Lo! - the phantom Caravan has reach'd The Nothing it set out from - Oh, make haste!
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For now I had begun to believe, despite all the talk of science around me, that there was a magic in spoken words.
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Education to perfect gentlemanship, to human excellence, liberal education consists in reminding oneself of human excellence, of human greatness.
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Women and girls are naturally agents of change. If we teach one girl to code, she will go on to teach more - we've seen this in our own programs and workshops around the country.
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There is no kind of harassment that a man may not inflict on a woman with impunity in civilized societies.
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You only know what you know.
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I remember someone saying to my mom that it must be so glamorous to have a child acting in movies. They had no idea how hard it was for her.
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I love seeing live music.
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Writing is very cathartic for me.
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I can safely say that any band with a sentence for a name, 6 members or more and carefully combed to the side hairdos are not metal no matter what distortion pedal they have for their guitars.
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Class is a big issue here. And some people get picked on more than others. I think we probably do. I mean, it doesn't help that we wear waistcoats and tweed the whole time. But there is a reverse snobbishness in England towards that sort of stuff. And I think that's one of the reasons we really enjoy America, 'cos we're classless.
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I do not like vaudeville, but what can I do? It likes me.
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Quiet your mind and stop judging and resisting and manipulating the natural way.
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We tend to believe that things are impossible that are very possible.
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Heroes do extraordinary things. What I did was not an extraordinary thing. It was normal.
