Thomas Carlyle Quotes
Universal history, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the History of the Great Men who have worked here.
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God grant you the strength to fight off the temptations of surrender.
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I think shoppers are looking for newness and creativity. Look at C. Wonder, for instance. They're dancing in our stores. We don't believe in retail like retail was done in the past. We believe in disrupting the whole environment, offering them amazing value in an amazing package of fun, excitement and whimsy.
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For someone with a background of economic justice, what scared me about climate change is not just that the sea level will rise and we'll have more storms - it's how this intersects with that cocktail of inequality and racism.
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I found out that there was this project called the 'Great Green Wall' where they wanted to plant trees across the Sahara desert, and the idea was born that I wanted to create a support structure for that initiative.
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There's no way you can predict what is going to happen in six months or two years in most businesses, and certainly not for businesses that are growing at the rate that we have grown.
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When I got '227' and broke out from the rest of the cast, I became a workaholic, and I was very lonely.
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I'm a big believer in exercise. I'm a bigger believer in eating right, which is simply with plenty of fruits and vegetables. I'm not a gym girl, though. I've never had a gym membership.
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Well, I'm a professional.
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Not to sound too pessimistic, but I just don't see me having the film career that I maybe hoped for after 'The Birdcage.' I think people just didn't know what to do with me.
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When Matt LeBlanc had his show 'Joey', I strongly suggested to the producers that they should bring me on.
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Over the years, from serving in the CIA to sitting on non-profit boards, I have observed first-hand what the addition of even one woman to a meeting or to a decision-making body can do. Put simply, in very many instances, group dynamics improve markedly.
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To be employed in the entertainment industry is a miracle.
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I am married.
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There's a call to adventure. It's something in the inner psyche of humanity, particularly males.
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I love the Kathryn Bigelow example: she didn't just do war movies - she did them better than other directors.
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My place of refuge is definitely watching movies and playing video games. I know that's kind of hard to fathom.
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In a photo, you just do a click, but in art you have to put in so much energy. This concentration of energy and attention says something that other media cannot say.
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I hate people who over intellectualize. It bores me deeply.
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President Trump has harnessed the fear and prejudice that have accompanied every wave of immigrants in United States history, and stoked those fears to further his own agenda.
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What this country needs is a good five-cent nickel.
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Knowing that there is a community of people on every corner of this planet that believes in justice, that is willing to sacrifice, and that is willing to take a stand is the most heartening thing.
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Robert M. Morgenthau, the Manhattan district attorney, has seen a few financial schemes in his time. As the lead local prosecutor in the world's financial capital, he has battled frauds like the Bank of Credit and Commerce International, which stole billions of dollars from investors worldwide.
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I am the only girl in the family so everyone pampered me.
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Universal history, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the History of the Great Men who have worked here.
