Steven Saylor Quotes
In politics, reality and appearance are of equal importance. You cannot attend to one and neglect the other. A man must determine both what he is, and what others believe him to be.
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The correlation of quality of life and cost of energy is huge.
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When we don't have information, we go to the simplest outlook, to black and white. But then we have to lie to ourselves. Black is never as black as you're painting it and white is never as white.
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Why would I want a place of my own? Then I would have to things worry about, like doing laundry and having food in the fridge.
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For decades, NRDC has created and supported policies that will ultimately end our reliance on fossil fuels.
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It is pure mythology that women cannot perform as well as men in science, engineering and mathematics. In my experience, the opposite is true: Women are often more adept and patient at untangling complex problems, multitasking, seeing the possibilities in new solutions and winning team support for collaborative action.
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The fact is, Latinos now own their own lives and I believe they can afford to look back without judgment.
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The earliest stories in Genesis were not written to tell primeval history. They were written to tell readers about themselves and about God.
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Starring in a science-fiction film doesn't mean you have to act science fiction.
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When I'm working in the studio, I like to be on my own because I don't know where I'm going; I want to be completely free to spend lots of time on songs.
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When Van Halen started out, there was no path to fame. We just played what we liked. Even today it always comes down to the simplicity of rock and roll.
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To be a friend means that they are always there, for the good or the bad.
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There are African-American families around this country - a large, large number of African-American families - that operate out of complete fear that their kids are going to be taken from them and will do anything to prevent that.
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The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have not yet developed a significant profile of their own.
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Being a writer was never a choice, it was an irresistible compulsion.
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Human destiny will be what we make of it. And here in Prague, let us honor our past by reaching for a better future. Let us bridge our divisions, build upon our hopes, accept our responsibility to leave this world more prosperous and more peaceful than we found it. Together we can do it.
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This is a budget that does not protect the vulnerable, it doesn't protect the jobs of today and it doesn't create the jobs that we need for tomorrow.
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So I go back and forth foreverAll my thoughts they come in pairsOh I will, I won't, I doubt, I don't,I'm not surprised but I never feel quite prepared
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Any spending should be debated openly on the floor of the House and voted on in open session, with the American people having a chance to watch and listen.
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Chemotherapy isn't easy. I felt very fortunate I wouldn't have to go through that.
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Most of my friends are plumbers.
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I'm not sure I am a politician. I would say that I am still an artist, and I'm trying to use politics as an instrument for change.
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There comes a point in any project where you have to say - whether you like or understand the character, or the whole play for that matter - 'I believe!'
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None can believe how powerful prayer is, and what it is able to effect, but those who have learned it by experience.
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In politics, reality and appearance are of equal importance. You cannot attend to one and neglect the other. A man must determine both what he is, and what others believe him to be.
