William Strunk, Jr. Quotes
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I just have that sense this is the reason we got Sandra Day O'Connor on the Court in the first place is because Ronald Reagan was running for President.
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There is an expression now that is commonly used about these so-called internal conflicts which are not really internal, because they have connections to the outside world.
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
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There's nothing wrong with a thick eyebrow; Frida Kahlo had them.
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I learned so much in Zimbabwe, in particular about the need for humility in our ambition to extend mental health care in countries where there were very few psychiatrists and where the local culture harboured very different views about mental illness and healing. These experiences have profoundly influenced my thinking.
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If it's a good song, it's a good song. I'll take it.
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In a marathon, if you run too fast, you get exhausted. If you run too slow, you never make it.
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Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.
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Dancing has always been a passion of mine.
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It goes without saying that it's hard to attain a certain level of success.
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Earth's dispossessed are vulnerable targets for extremists: those who teach that global justice is meaningless; that satisfaction can come only in violence, division, and intellectual isolation.
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I just want to be myself and be real and be funny.
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Frankly speaking, it's only the script that matters to me the most. If I like the script, then I just commit to myself and go ahead with it. But I also look at the commitment and confidence of the director of the film because it's him who will shape the film.
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I need to have something else going on. I'm able to write a lot if I have an episode of 'Friday Night Lights' going on my computer.
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I am that guy who will say things that people seem to think is a little edgy, a little racy.
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When I was growing up in Iraq, there was an unbroken belief in progress and a great sense of optimism. It was a moment of nation building.
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Eventually you just have to realize that you're living for an audience of one. I'm not here for anyone else's approval.
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The risk from viruses is an unanswered question - and it won't be answered until you have had organs transplanted into humans over many years.
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I could never have imagined that, so early in my career, that I'd be ticking off boxes that I've dreamed about since I was a little girl.
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I think I was born to be an actor.
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If I could have the discipline to be super-skinny, I would be.
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The ACLU's various policies regarding religious freedom in public schools are a revealing collection of anti-religious bias.
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Instead of announcing what you are about to tell is interesting, make it so.
