Thomas Carlyle Quotes
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Writing for children hadn't occurred to me when I was younger, but nine years of teaching in the upper elementary grades had given me a deep appreciation of the gifts and graces that are specific to individuals with 10 or 11 years of experience as human beings.
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It is possible to tolerate anything as long as it only affects you. But the method of collective punishment is bigger than that.
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For decades, NRDC has created and supported policies that will ultimately end our reliance on fossil fuels.
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English history is all about men liking their fathers, and American history is all about men hating their fathers and trying to burn down everything they ever did.
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It's very rare, as an actor, to be someplace - to have an address, so to speak.
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The basic right to quality and affordable health care is under assault by Donald Trump and Republicans in Washington.
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You've got to keep pushing, keep driving, because in this business, you're going to hear 'no' a lot more than you hear 'yes.'
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You have to mind your Ps and Qs a little bit.
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Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility, obey the conventions and rules of society, and achieve order.
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I do think the Obama agenda is the furthest left agenda we've seen since probably LBJ and the Great Society. And the differences have been that instead of him trying to go center-left, he's gone - in my estimation - more left. He's shown the country a much more aggressive liberal, more European style agenda, and that's on a center-right country.
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I lead a simple life. I feed the fish. I walk the dogs. I cook dinner. Occasionally I take a meeting.
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I love watching Hollywood movies - I just don't know if I'd be happy doing a 'Jurassic Park.'
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I'm on Twitter. I created my account for my fans, and I do respond back once in a while, because they're so great.
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Have you ever walked along a shoreline, only to have your footprints washed away? That's what Alzheimer's is like. The waves erase the marks we leave behind, all the sand castles. Some days are better than others.
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I simply believe that people who respect their customers and have faith in their own technology products should welcome competition and that consumer choice should be a paramount value in retailing.
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When you're young, oddly enough, you're more afraid, more conservative about what it is you have.
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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
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Blanching the cloves removes the harsh and bitter bite of raw garlic.
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The thing about anything in life is you have to get ready for it. Study, learn.
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In high school, a teacher once suggested that I be a math major in college. I thought, 'Me? You've got to be joking!' I mean, in junior high, I used to come home and cry because I was so afraid of my math homework. Seriously, I was terrified of math.
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I have a pretty good family. But ever since I was little, I just felt like I wanted to be on my own. It was the same thing about school.
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I was really lucky because I went to an all-girl school, and that single-sex education really helped me because I really learned to bond with women and to not compete with or compare myself as much because we were all allowed to be ourselves and be unique and kind of have our unique strengths.
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Whose school-hours are all the days and nights of our existence.
