Willa Cather Quotes
When kindness has left people, even for a few moments, we become afraid of them, as if their reason had left them.

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I've always played strong women who are doing their own thing.
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I got to be good friends with Scott Hamilton.
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A good compromise, a good piece of legislation, is like a good sentence; or a good piece of music. Everybody can recognize it. They say, 'Huh. It works. It makes sense.'
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The conviction of our Ukrainian nation is embedded in the pages of its history.
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I loathe and detest movies and television and don't watch any. I do not have the time.
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I cannot recall a period when I did not draw; and at school, the studies that were distasteful to me, mathematics and grammar, were retarded by the indulgence of teachers who were proud of my drawing faculties, and passed over my neglect of uncongenial subjects.
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God has taken away the greatest man of his generation, for Dr. Livingstone stood alone.
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Water boarding: Is that like snowboarding?! 12.
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Those who think the information brought out at a criminal trial is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth are fools. Prosecuting or defending a case is nothing more than getting to those people who will talk for your side, who will say what you want said.
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In 1969, nationwide, female professors who had never been married and never published earned 145% of their counterpart male colleagues.
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Like when Jay Leno made jokes about Koreans eating dog, but the hidden messages, our invisibility, is more harmful to us than any of those fools on 'board'.
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In some ways I was curt because there's an unbelievable amount to accomplish in a day.
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I am fully anticipating that something - perhaps many things - will not go according to plan on our actual wedding day. If some of the flowers are wilted, or there aren't enough vegetarian meals, or the priest calls me the wrong name, I will embrace these errors.
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It's kind of funny that I've been branded as the empathy lady when, really, what I'm doing is questioning and interrogating empathy.
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As a new governor, I intend to assure our partners that we appreciate them and will continue to work with them to strengthen the cultural, social and economic bonds we share.
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No great idea in its beginning can ever be within the law. How can it be within the law? The law is stationary. The law is fixed. The law is a chariot wheel which binds us all regardless of conditions or place or time.
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Purchased experiences don't count.
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I have plenty of 'Law & Order' on my resume.
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The only thing I want is the respect of the fans of Liverpool and the fans of the national team of Uruguay.
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Myth: Bail-in plans would recapitalize big banks. Fact: big banks are far too insolvent to remotely be in a position for such restoration.
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I'm a huge fan of Ace of Base. 'The Sign?' I love that song.
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When a writer talks about his work, he's talking about a love affair.
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When kindness has left people, even for a few moments, we become afraid of them, as if their reason had left them.