Steve Martin Quotes
As a school board we felt it's an unfair expense to families. The lawsuit has a certain logic to it - if you have free public education, you can't put these things on top of it. It defeats the purpose.
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I'm just a Connecticut country boy. The people I've known, the changes of season, the call of the blue jay - when I'm away, all of them haunt me.
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I'm a big crier in general. The right life insurance commercial will take me out for a couple of days.
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Life wasn't about freeing up human souls. It was about creating obedient slaves in the hierarchical construction of the society - with God at the top, then the king and then the father.
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The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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Amen is not the end of a prayer, it just gets us ready to go to the next level.
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I didn't go to school a lot.
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For our vanity is such that we hold our own characters immutable, and we are slow to acknowledge that they have changed, even for the better.
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To be successful for a moment because of one movie doesn't mean anything.
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Moral choices do not depend on personal preference and private decision but on right reason and, I would add, divine order.
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If I were to pray in Arabic, I'd pray to Allah. If I were to pray in English, I'd pray to God.
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My most profound growth as a writer came when I joined an online critique group. What a harrowing, terrifying, wonderful experience that was.
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I jokingly say if there was one great thing about, you know, the Lebanese Civil War was that it forced me to read.
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Lower taxes will stimulate your own personal economy by leaving more money in your pocket to do what you want - invest, save, spend, buy a bigger house, a nicer car, and give to charity. And lower taxes also lead to more money for the government to use on those things they've promised you. It's a win-win for everyone.
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With love and patience, nothing is impossible.
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I made bad decisions. That being said - the question is, does the public care about that?
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I was brought up in Britain, and I'm very proud of my Britishness and my culture.
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That was a documentary!
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Believing in the one thing That has gotten us this far - That's what love is for To help us through it That's what love is for Nothing else can do it Melt our defenses Bring us back to our senses Give us strength to try once more Baby, that's what love is for.
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Having a friend in the Kremlin would help Trump fulfill his longtime dream of planting his name in the Moscow skyline - a dream that he pursued even as he organized his presidential campaign.
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If nothing else, we grew up loving the old blues artists and Ray Charles.
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Those that can heal can harm; those that can cure can kill.
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Definitions are the guardians of rationality, the first line of defense against the chaos of mental disintegration.
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I don't know if you've been in any inner-city schools, but it's pretty demoralizing. The kids come to class bright-eyed, enthusiastic - entering first grade really looking forward to school. By the fourth grade they're just completely turned off, and by the time they enter high school, they see little relationship between school and employment. It's bad enough you have incompetent teachers and schools that are poorly run, understaffed, and lack material resources. It's even worse when the kids themselves don't feel they have any stake in school.
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As a school board we felt it's an unfair expense to families. The lawsuit has a certain logic to it - if you have free public education, you can't put these things on top of it. It defeats the purpose.
