Gail Collins Quotes
Some of our national heroines were defined by the fact that they never nested - they were peripatetic crusaders like Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Sojourner Truth, Dorothy Dix.
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The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.
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Globalization has changed us into a company that searches the world, not just to sell or to source, but to find intellectual capital - the world's best talents and greatest ideas.
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I feel fine as long I'm not running around.
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I've always wanted to play a Marvel baddie. I'm not sure I fit the mold, though. Like a powerful, extraordinary woman. Somebody with superpowers would be really fun, but I'm not sure how many middle-aged women they have in Marvel.
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I doubt I'll ever have another traditional print deal.
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I tend not to wear ties very often. I'm usually in old stuff: Hermes or Marc Jacobs boots and jeans and a T-shirt and a leather jacket or a jean jacket.
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An alliance of civilisations can be our most powerful weapon in the fight against terror.
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Nothing could be more inappropriate to American literature than its English source since the Americans are not British in sensibility.
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After 'Lindbergh,' my publisher asked whom I wanted to write about next. I said, 'There's one idea I've been carrying in my hip pocket for 35 years. It's Woodrow Wilson.'
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I love red or deep purple lips for events.
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The business part of it can be very vexing. You always have to keep certain metrics and everything. Because all I can do is make a good show.
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You have to treat Hollywood like it's your boyfriend - he's there all the time.
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My readers at that time were still men of letters; but there had to be other people waiting to read my poems.
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There are female artists I can look at that I find more in common with than the male artists, because they're blending the pop, dance and theatricality... but currently there aren't a lot of guys who go there.
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Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary.
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The moral of a fable is eternal. The moral of a story is temporary to a story.
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I've turned into one of those people who go jogging in parks that I used to hate.
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When I designed my first house in L.A., I didn't have any money - I did it all on my own. I liked that.
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he said if enough people-a stadium full, maybe-were to concentrate on one thing, such as setting a tree afire in the woods, that the tree would ignite of its own accord. I toyed with the idea of asking everyone below to concentrate on setting Tom Robinson free, but
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Informed opponents of Obama's healthcare initiative have expressed dismay at the low level of discourse.
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No problems are ever resolved by violence. It only aggravates the pain and the hurt on every side.
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What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.
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You should not do an autobiography if you want to tell the truth. There are a lot of things I know about people. If I can't say something good about a person, I don't want to say anything. And since I don't want to say anything bad, I won't write a book.
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Some of our national heroines were defined by the fact that they never nested - they were peripatetic crusaders like Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Sojourner Truth, Dorothy Dix.
