Michael Learned Quotes
I used to pride myself on the fact that I kept a house running and never burdened anybody.
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I was fortunate enough to get an author-backed role in Aamir Khan starrer 'Talash.'
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My lesson from history is that if there is a strong moderate centrist party which can lead the country, there is no room for extremists from the right or left.
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All writers want to know that someone is reading their work, taking them seriously. It provides a kind of moral support.
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How can you tell your kid, 'You can be anything you want to be,' if you're not trying to do the same?
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Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.
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World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war.
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A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend.
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I'd love to be a 'Bond' girl.
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In the long run, we will need many more African-American, Latino, and Native American leaders, and leaders from low-income communities, who can bring additional insight and a deeply grounded sense of urgency, and who are the most likely to inspire the necessary trust and engagement among students' parents and community leaders.
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I've always felt so different from how I look. I meet so many pretty girls who are like, 'Here I am! Don't you want me because I look good?' That concept is so weird to me. I want to know, 'What else do you have going on?'
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Judiciary is where my passion is.
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Parents do bear some of the responsibility if they don't talk to their kids, are never around, even deny their kids the love that young girls often crave when they decide to have a baby.
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I've learned now to have a second title in reserve because, frequently, I come up with titles that seem to make editors' hair fall out.
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Sectarian divide has created a schism in our society that is a major challenge. As monarch of all Bahrainis, it pains me to see many harmed by the actions of a few. And yet I am optimistic and have faith in our people. We all realize that now is the time to strike a balance between stability and gradual reform.
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I feel the horror audience is a great audience, and I would ideally make a movie that would give them as much energy as they're willing to give to the picture.
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Artists need to express.
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When you're failing, there's a very powerful incentive to put ideology aside and just do what seems to work.
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The garlands fade, the vows are worn away; So dies her love, and so my hopes decay.
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When you are real in your music, people know it and they feel your authenticity.
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Hawaii's own Patsy Mink served as the first congresswoman of color and first Asian American woman in the House; she later sought the Democratic Party presidential nomination.
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Kill! Kill! In the German race there is nothing but evil; not one among the living, not one among the yet unborn but is evil! Follow the precepts of Comrade Stalin. Stamp out the fascist beast once and for all in its lair! Use force and break the racial pride of these German women. Take them as your lawful booty. Kill! As you storm onward, kill, you gallant soldiers of the Red Army.
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When you don't know what to do, go back to the places, the people and the promises where you know you last heard God.
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I used to pride myself on the fact that I kept a house running and never burdened anybody.
