Thomas Wentworth Higginson Quotes
Travelers find virtue in a seeming minority in all other countries, and forget that they have left it in a minority at home.
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I have worked with some great directors.
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Any effort to create a second class of Americans, I just can't swallow that.
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Clearly, humans will always have a role to play in emergency response for law enforcement. But if there's an emergency, if there's a 911 call, the question is, do you want a human dashing off to respond to it right away?
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I would lie in bed, and I was nine years old, and say to myself: 'I want to be the richest man in the world.' I've come a long way from there.
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It's a huge step up from the European Indoor Championships to being world outdoor gold medallist.
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The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose.
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Clothes are not frippery. Properly done, they can be an art form.
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I don't have to be making a lot of money or living in a fancy house.
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Wes Craven is obviously a horror film icon so I was definitely very interested in bringing something back to life that Wes had created.
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Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action.
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For people worried about the Great Recession and the uncertainty of what is coming next, the characters of 'Mad Men' are good company.
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Survival was my only hope, success my only revenge.
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Be generous! Give!
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Ninety percent of them artists in general are forgotten ten minutes after they’re dead.
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My character is not flawless.
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I go to an all-Hawaiian school, and we learn everything about being Hawaiian. We have a really deep respect for the water and the land. We say, 'mauka to makai,' mountains to ocean. I believe if you take care of the ocean, the ocean will take care of you in return.
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I feel uncomfortable because I'm insecure about who I am.
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I was excited by the process of Pandora, which I still think is a decent product. Not as great in actuality as it sounds. After the first hour, its weaknesses start to show up.
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Why I came here, I know not; where I shall go it is useless to inquire - in the midst of myriads of the living and the dead worlds, stars, systems, infinity, why should I be anxious about an atom?
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Wouldst have the princely spirit bowed? Whisper only, speak not loud, Mark and leave him in the crowd.Thou need'st not spies nor jailers have; The free will serve thee like the slave, Coward shrinking from the brave.
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Dad had a music store, and he'd often bring home comedy albums that I would listen to. I started listening to Bob Newhart and Bill Cosby, and developing taste. They really influenced my style of comedy.
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I tend to think that knowledge is preceded by power instead of the other way around.
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We've made some mistakes in this country in times past - the Korean conflict proceeding that, some say proceeding the Persian Gulf War, where we were ambiguous as to what we would do.
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Travelers find virtue in a seeming minority in all other countries, and forget that they have left it in a minority at home.
