Samuel Butler Quotes
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We have 200,000 kids a year who drop out of the French school system and have no hope. They become a drag on society.
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I did a lot of little girl groups here and there just to get more comfortable on stage. When you're in girl groups, it's a lot different because if you mess up, there's someone on stage to back you up, and finally I got to a point where I knew I could do it on my own.
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When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.
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I don't ever remember a single day of hopelessness. I knew from the history of the labor movement, especially of the black people, that it was an undertaking of great trial. That, live or die, I had to stick with it, and we had to win.
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My life has been forged by middle class values: faith, hard work, deep respect for America and all that she stands for.
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I am not in the business of suppressing books.
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I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there.
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Our party never tolerated those who use violence for political ends. Our leaders lost their lives standing against terrorism.
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I am sure I am one of 2,000 film directors in the world that Tarantino admires.
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Our relationship with Mexico in this regard is unique for us, and in many respects unique in the world.
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College ain't so much where you been as how you talk when you get back.
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My father taught me photography. It was his hobby, and we had a small darkroom in the fruit cellar of our basement. It was the kind of makeshift darkroom that was only dark at night.
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The interweb's got a weird vibe.
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I will only think of settling down after Salman Khan, the other most eligible bachelor, plans to settle down. We are eligible bachelors, but he's the rock star, so let him get married first; then I'll think about myself.
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I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.
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I became aware that all sounds can make meaningful language.
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I love and really respect strong women. I'm obsessed with Scarlett Johansson and Drew Barrymore and Penelope Cruz. They are just really incredibly strong-willed, intelligent females in the industry.
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Despite the ethnic diversity within each nation, the social fabric of the region by and large is one.
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My parents were extremely liberal. They didn't believe in being Catholic or Protestant, and that was a big deal at the time.
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A lot of the guys were like that - Oscar Pettiford - they just took me under their wing, and that's why I automatically help young people. I just love it, because they did that for me.
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If I only worked in England for the rest of my life, I wouldn't feel like I failed.
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Life has its dimensions in the mysterious.
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The aggressive use of wiretaps is important: It shows that we are targeting white-collar insider-trading rings with the same powerful investigative tools that have worked so successfully against the mob and drug cartels.
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Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.
