William Graham Sumner Quotes
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All I can say is that I did admire 'The Lives of Others', which I thought was really about something and beautifully done.
Harold Pinter
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The military is a machine of war. Not a law enforcement agency.
Hank Johnson
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Christmas is a season which almost all Christians observe in one way or another. Some keep it as a religious season. Some keep it as a holiday. But all over the world, wherever there are Christians, in one way or another Christmas is kept.
J. C. Ryle
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I actually like getting out of my comfort zone. It shakes me up.
Gail Sheehy
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I was raised in an observant Jewish household, so for me, Hebrew prayers - the sounds, the sunlight streaming in from the stained-glass windows of a synagogue - bring my father back to me as surely as if he were sitting next to me, my head pressed against his shoulder.
Dani Shapiro
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No Hindu community, however low, will touch cow's flesh. On the other hand, there is no community which is really an Untouchable community which has not something to do with the dead cow. Some eat her flesh, some remove the skin, some manufacture articles out of her skin and bones.
Babasaheb
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I exist as I am, that is enough.
Walt Whitman
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It's a mystery to me why everybody doesn't love jazz. I've never been able to figure that out.
Walter Becker
China Crisis
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A lot of my joy this year has been to give away awards to young people, no matter of race, creed or color, because they were a terrific violinist or a terrific dancer.
Sally Kirkland
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I was like, 'Josh Tillman, you are not a songwriter. You are an ape. Stop thinking of yourself as a songwriter.'
J. Tillman
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Writing plays supplied for me everything that painting didn't, which is the ability to tell stories in real time, in a real space, in three dimensions, in flesh and blood. I realized I had been trying to cram all this narrative into my paintings, but ultimately painting was a static medium. So it just opened up this whole new door.
Beau Willimon
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If you consider the definition of authenticity, it's saying something and actually doing it. I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all authentic.
Lana Del Rey
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I don't like anything permanent; I have to be able to flee. You have to be able to flee at a moment's notice.
Maira Kalman
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Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. And it is true that in winter it is sometimes so bitingly cold that one is tempted to say, 'What do I care if there is a summer; its warmth is no help to me now.' Yes, evil often seems to surpass good. But then, in spite of us, and without our permission, there comes at last an end to the bitter frosts. One morning the wind turns, and there is a thaw. And so I must still have hope.
Vincent Van Gogh
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What has three heads, six arms, and half a brain?" Three asked. One and Two answered in unison. "Nate Sutter.
Brandon Mull
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I wanted to study to be a dental hygienist, marry a rich dentist, and hang it up.
Vicki Lawrence
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I like writing for individuals with really rich musical personalities.
Edgar Meyer
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One thing must be granted to the rich: they are goodnatured.
William Graham Sumner
