William J. H. Boetcker Quotes
Freedom of press and freedom of speech: What a blessing for a country while in the hands of honest, patriotic men; what a curse if in the hands of designing demagogues.
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I love when you aren't accountable to anybody or anything, and you can just be wherever you are.
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But there's no reason why we should abdicate our foundational principles because certain groups don't believe in them. You know, no majority should surrender its deeply held beliefs to those who don't believe in anything.
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Don't manage - lead change before you have to.
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I still consider myself a working-class girl and would send my kids to public school.
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Those who live in a world of human beings can only retrace their steps.
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I have a deep and ongoing love of Iceland, particular the landscape, and when writing 'Burial Rites,' I was constantly trying to see whether I could distill its extraordinary and ineffable qualities into a kind of poetry.
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I've always thought Shawn Michaels's story is fascinating.
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The last few years of my life have been a little like a long ride in a Poop de Ville with the bottom down.
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My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
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There are many things I love in this world. Music, acting, and animals are at the top of that list.
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To get away from poverty, you need several things at the same time: school, health, and infrastructure - those are the public investments. And on the other side, you need market opportunities, information, employment, and human rights.
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Whenever I visited China in the past, the relationships always felt superficial; there was no time where I felt those moments of conflict and delight that make you feel close to another person. But since I started touring there in 2004, I would always collaborate with local musicians, and that opened up a new level of intimacy.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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I can't add. I don't understand basic science. Or anything else. But I can read anything. I've always been able to, and I've always liked to. Even if I didn't understand it, I liked to.
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ISIS is on the offense, with the ability to attack at will, anyplace, anytime.
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One is always considered mad, when one discovers something that others cannot grasp.
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If anyone was going to write the definitive account of what the 2008 election meant for women, it would be Rebecca Traister.
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Fundamentally, I'm profoundly influenced by hip-hop, so whatever I do is going to bear that seal.
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I travel so much when I work, I've really been happy to do 'Nice Work' because I feel like a true New Yorker again. I have my little regimen during the day, and I can take advantage of the museums and the things that I love. And people watching!
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We're just a real dirty band. We're raw, and we're rough. None of us are top-scale, top-line musicians. But I tell you what, you get your top-line musicians and see if they can entertain like us.
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The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
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The men who create power make an indispensable contribution to the Nation's greatness, but the men who question power make a contribution just as indispensable, especially when that questioning is disinterested, for they determine whether we use power or power uses us.
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After a few years of meditation practice we can even learn how to occasionally ignore ourselves. And what relief that can be!
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Freedom of press and freedom of speech: What a blessing for a country while in the hands of honest, patriotic men; what a curse if in the hands of designing demagogues.
