Thomas Wentworth Higginson Quotes
Many persons sigh for death when it seems far off, but the inclination vanishes when the boat upsets, or the locomotive runs off the track, or the measles set it.
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The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.
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I'm not going to tell the Palestinians how to arrange themselves. If they want to have their own entity and their own parliament as they do today, that's fine. If they want to connect to Jordan, which has a very big Palestinian population, and vote in the Jordanian government, that's fine.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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The chief product of an automated society is a widespread and deepening sense of boredom.
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Being first lady is the hardest unpaid job in the world.
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Russia and China completely disagree with the international order that was established after World War II, and they're trying to take it apart right before our eyes.
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There are artists who think they have to be on top all the time. I think that would be exhausting.
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The challenge for Muslims in America is to respect the fears of ordinary people while resisting the exploitation of those fears by political parties, lobbies and sectors of the media. To meet this challenge, Muslims must reassess their own involvement, behavior and contributions in American society.
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Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.
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I'm fascinated by the people I grew up with and the mistakes I made - and God, I have screwed up. I like writing about where it all went off course.
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I like the timeframe involved in being an actor.
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We've got to be fair. You can't say a place that has strip joints is sacred ground. We've got to be just. We've got to speak the truth. We've got to have justice for everybody. We're a country of justice for all, not justice for non-Muslims only or some groups and not for others.
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It's an interesting but useless bit of information that every single character in 'The Lord of the Rings' and 'The Hobbit' wears a wig, and many of them wears a prosthetic - false ears, feet, hands. In my case, nose.
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I was going to be lynched. I had to go into hiding in the mountains for two weeks.
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For eighteen hundred years, though perchance I have no right to say it, the New Testament has been written; yet where is the legislator who has wisdom and practical talent enough to avail himself of the light which it sheds on the science of legislation?
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She's the ornament of her sex.
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There are victories of the soul and spirit. Sometimes, even if you lose, you win.
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When you are interviewing refugees, each person you talk to has a different story that could come from a horror movie. So many people talk about seeing their families get murdered before their eyes. Then I go to Central Park, and people are talking about their third divorce and paying tuition.
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I became known as the guy who did the worst show in the history of television.
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Living with generosity creates a swelling tide that raises all ships. Not just yours; not just the other person's; everyone's.
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She was young and very beautiful, but pale, like the grey pallor of death.
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The sturdiest pillars of human morality are compassion and a sense of justice.
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Many persons sigh for death when it seems far off, but the inclination vanishes when the boat upsets, or the locomotive runs off the track, or the measles set it.
