Walter Lippmann Quotes
The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract.
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Hip-hop is rich in musical allusion. It takes something that already existed, respects it, and reuses it.
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I shouldn't say this, but I always love the sidekicks. I want to do a leading-lady role in a film - absolutely. But I find that a lot of times I get attracted to the sidekick role. They stand out a little more because they're quirkier, they're funnier, they're crazier.
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I don't feel I'm qualified to be a coach outside the high school level. I think I would need to do more education to really be a good coach.
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So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education.
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Accept loss forever.
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I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place.
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Always remember: My general theme is 'There is no message.' There never has been. Stop trying to find the message or the meaning in everything. That's. My. Theme.
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Is literature more important than hurting people? You can't argue that. You can't say it. It's impossible.
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I was thrilled one year when I was younger when not only did my brothers get hockey sticks for Christmas - but I did too!
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I knew that for this movie to work it had to be very hot and very real, and it wasn't going to be a case of doing it Hollywood all covered with a nice little sheet.
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All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.
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But I've always attracted attention, it's true, ever since I was very young.
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I was the first actress who branded her own line at a time when everyone just lent their name to a product. Everyone said I shouldn't do it, but it was probably the best thing I've ever done.
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Matt Weiner is very perceptive; there's something about the rhythms and the way people speak that is very authentic to the actor. But there are qualities that are dissimilar. The characters on 'Mad Men' are struggling with pretty profound unhappiness, but I can tell you this is a happy bunch.
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Other lands have their vitality in a few, a class, but we have it in the bulk of our people.
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Politics and ethics belong to different worlds.
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Your best teacher is your last mistake.
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We don't need to eat anyone who would run, swim, or fly away if he could.
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No extraordinary result ever came from mediocre effort.
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I always thought my best album was 'Trouble in Paradise.' I was the happiest with that one.
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People who look for the first time through a microscope say, 'Now I see this, and then I see that,' and even a skilled observer can be fooled. On these observations I have spent more time than many will believe, but I have done them with joy, and I have taken no notice of those who have said, 'Why take so much trouble,' and, 'What good is it?'
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The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract.
