Harper Lee Quotes
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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Gay kids need to stop killing themselves because they are made to feel worthless by cruel and relentless bullying.
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I believe in the promise of America. Being a Cuban refugee, having come here when I was eight, I know that this is a shining city on the hill.
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Music was a big outlet for me. Being able to play an instrument and sing was definitely a good way for me to escape things I was dealing with: family issues, growing up, being a kid and not knowing what I wanted to do with my life.
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As you get older, and this is a young man's game, and people say, 'Well, there's no way I can keep up running the way I'm running; there's no way my arm is going to stay as strong as it is.' It's the challenge of trying to stay in my tip-top shape year in and year out so I can keep playing the way I want to play.
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The World Bank can only survive if it's spending money.
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It's pretty simple, pretty obvious: that people's first impressions of people are really a big mistake.
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I believe that we are at a very low level of consciousness, and we do not know how to treat each other as human beings. We are caught up in our own lives, our own needs, our own ego gratification. I feel a strong sense of responsibility in delivering that message.
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If you go back and watch 'The French Connection,' it's been cannibalized so many times. There are certain movies like that, where you see the original and think, 'This isn't so great.' And the reason it isn't so great is because everyone has copied it.
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I'd long wanted to write about that moment when a woman steps off the career track to have her first child. For me, that was a scary time.
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People ask me to describe myself, but it's a very personal thing. You don't feel comfortable.
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The one way to discover about aliens is to tune your radio telescope and listen to the signals.
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There was a time when caddies couldn't wear shorts.
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The single worst moment of my life... was the moment I was born.
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Role models can inspire. Campaigns can motivate. But if we want all girls everywhere to rise up, then we must find them, befriend them and support them.
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To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.
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Brick-and-mortar at the end of the day matters because viral is great, but it comes and goes as fast.
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There are many challenges in the global education ecosystem: from top-down systemic issues in how educational services are organized and delivered, to bottom-up issues of curriculum effectiveness, accountability, and human resource allocation.
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People always ask is it hard being an entrepreneur and a mum, and the answer is 'yes.'
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I'm getting rather hoarse, I fear, After so much reciting: So, if you don't object, my dear, We'll try a glass of bitter beer - I think it looks inviting.
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It is a growing process. You can't just like beer. You have to start somewhere and learn the different flavors.
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There's Beatles books and T-shirts and rings, and one thing and another. To buy my daughter all these things, I had to sell her brother.
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You've really got to start hitting the books because it's no joke out here.
