Thomas Hardy Quotes
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We are living in difficult times. There are a lot of people out of work - am I going to stand there and whinge? No, because I am lucky to have such a wonderful job.
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I want a future where my children feel safe and appreciated and proud to be who they are. My heart is one with all the Arab Spring heroes, no matter how small they think their role is. I know they believe, like me, that we are working for a world whereby an Arab can live with the other in a respectful and dignified way.
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I shot 'Girl' about three weeks after I finished 'The Magnificent Seven.'
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You know, I was a community activist, so I'm used to standing out in front of an elected official's office and protesting.
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Those who have heard me speak from time to time know that quite often I cite the observation of that great American author, Mark Twain, who said, history does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.
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Before we had airplanes and astronauts, we really thought that there was an actual place beyond the clouds, somewhere over the rainbow. There was an actual place, and we could go above the clouds and find it there.
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I love Jonathan Richman - I love a lot of his music, and the thing I really like about him is his attitude. He seems very happy, and the way he performs is like, 'Don't worry, everybody, just get into it. I'm just having fun; I like when you guys are having fun.'
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I just wanted to rollerblade at Union Square.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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It's very important not to lose your temper in a courtroom, or in anything else you're doing.
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The writer can choose what he writes about but he cannot choose what he is able to make live.
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I think that casting is probably the most important thing in television production.
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In the Jewish tradition, there is at the same time Jerusalem in the heavens and Jerusalem on the ground. Jerusalem is a living city, but also the heart, the soul of the Jewish people and the state of Israel.
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My goals were last year to win the world champs and this year to win the Olympic Games and I've done that and I couldn't be happier.
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I'm not a good time-off person. I'm awful on holiday. It comes from having that period when I didn't work. That really was the worst bit.
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Love's greatest gift is its ability to make everything it touches sacred.
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I didn't start out with a spectacular movie. Many people think you don't have to go from nothing to the top; they think you start at the top.
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If we want girls to receive positive reinforcement for early acts of leadership, let's discourage bossy behavior along with banning bossy labels. That means teaching girls to engage in behaviors that earn admiration before they assert their authority.
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It is one of the beautiful compensations in this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
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I didn't want actress just to be a woman standing at the window, waving hello and goodbye to men as they came and went in the world that they were struggling through. I wanted her to have a true function.
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I tend to want to put my fingers over my ears and not hear all of that, not hear that there are so many fans.
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When the slave auctioneer asked in what he was proficient, he replied, "In ruling people."
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Why is it we never get our bad medicine in small doses?
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But his dreams were as gigantic as his surroundings were small.
