Harper Lee Quotes
Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.
Quotes to Explore
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It's really hard for me to commit, one way or the other. I was just always creating and seeing what came out.
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With every bathroom renovation, there are three areas that I focus on: budget, function and style.
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No 17-year-old is just one thing, especially in this day and age. Kids are into all sorts of things.
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I think the really cool and compelling thing about math and physics is that it opens up entry to all these hypotheticals - or at least, it gives you the language to talk about them. But at the same time, if a scenario is completely disconnected from reality, it's not all that interesting.
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Are there differences between black actors' opportunities and white actors' opportunities? Yes, there are. It's been said.
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Oregonians continually demonstrate a strong belief in fairness and equal treatment under the law.
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One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.
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Anything - a destination, a person - that has some mystery around it becomes exciting and attractive.
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It is only human supremacy, which is as unacceptable as racism and sexism, that makes us afraid of being more inclusive.
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Coney Island was the centre of the world for me. I loved the rides, the hot dogs - I've never gotten over it.
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I love design-based stuff. I dug it in 'Pleasantville' and dug it in 'Seabiscuit.'
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I was only 11 when we filmed the pilot. The idea of a rapper being a star on a sitcom just wasn't heard of.
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I think that when we look at something that's well acted and a story that's well told, it allows us to be a mirror of who we are as human beings and as a culture, and offers a glimpse of where we're headed.
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I can't go into a mob scene and sense the mood and the attitude of the crowd. I can't conduct man-on-the-street interviews or even get reactions that I can be sure are honest, because they know who I am.
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I consider myself more of a cultural Jew; I'm not religious in any way.
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Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.
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We didn't realize there were that many boy bands until we started touring in Europe. I don't think we were ever affected by it since a lot of the groups in Europe didn't really sing live, but we did and would perform a cappella as well.
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A P2P business is a company that creates a platform which allows individuals or 'peers' to directly buy and sell from each other. This activity has sometimes been called the 'sharing economy.' Some are wary of these new companies and the challenge they pose to the established market.
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I made one rule for myself, and I really try to live it: Play music you love, with people you love, for people you love. If I can't be that kind of musician, I'll drive a cab.
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There's a Washington standard of casually putting things off the record. It's really gone too far. I don't know an easy way to turn it back.
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Evolutionary naturalism takes the inherent limitations of science and turns them into a devastating philosophical weapon: because science is our only real way of knowing anything, what science cannot know cannot be real.
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The prayer preceding all prayers is 'May it be the real I who speaks. May it be the real Thou that I speak to.'
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Cinema is entertainment, and people go to the movies because they want to feel good and forget about everything.
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Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.
