Harper Lee Quotes
It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.
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To me, presentations are the most powerful device. You can't really name a movement that didn't start with the spoken word.
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My favorite thing to do is to wind those guys up by hitting on their girlfriends. I say, 'I think your girlfriend's gorgeous, but it's all right, I'm gay.' They get very nervous after a few minutes!
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Help the man-in-the-street make sense of the bewildering.
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There are still some natural forces that everybody understands. Technology and industry have distanced people from nature and magic and human values.
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I'm not against the NSA. I'm not against spying; I'm not against looking at phone records.
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Homophobia is rampant in soccer, probably more so than in any other sport. I'm not sure why.
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I believe that if you eat well, you work even better.
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Every man prefers to look at a well-shaped woman instead of a rubber ball.
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Mr. Churchill is proud of Britain's stand alone, after France had fallen and before America entered the War.
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Millions of people are married. I've never picked up a paper and seen a headline that says, Man Gets Married!
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I just throw it out and see what happens. If it sounds and feels right, then I continue.
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I have my own faith which I've developed. It's non-denominational. I don't even know if it's about God.
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I never got into politics for it to be a career.
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Whenever I have even a spare second, I'm in the kitchen whipping up a batch of cookies. I make a mean batch of chocolate chippers.
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In a small town, it's either sports or a band with your buddies. I was always athletic. But in college, I was exposed to all this new music, and I was drawn to hip-hop and R&B.
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It's funny, I was talking to somebody who writes for a cop show, and he was saying how they aren't allowed to acknowledge Christmas, Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, just because it has to be able to play forever.
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Our suspicions are being confirmed that Nashi will serve as a cover for storm brigades that will use violence against democratic organisations.
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I'm such a big TLC fan, so I love singing 'Waterfalls' in the shower.
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Who the hell ever dreamed up a tie? It's just such a weird idea, and yet it has been literally hanging around forever as the one constant and boring men's fashion staple.
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When I was little I was always getting hit. Kids would take my hat and throw it around, and it upset me. So I got to be very revengeful.
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Certainly accountability of government is what people are clamoring for; they want to know that when lawmakers make a promise or a proposal, you can actually accomplish it.
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My father thought sport was something fun - he didn't know it was a way to make money. Then I won a Mercedes at the world championships and I gave it to him. From the moment it arrived my father said: 'Good, you can support not just yourself but me too'.
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I have given up my studio & torn up my father's portrait, & have not touched a brush for six weeks nor ever will again until I see some prospect of getting back to Europe. I am very anxious to go out west next fall & get some employment, but I have not yet decided where.
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It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.
