Alma Kruger Quotes
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A mom can't afford to be sick.
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As a legal matter, my mother is an American citizen by birth.
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As I view the Republicans in Congress, I don't see them as a real reflection of many Republicans in our country.
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Human writing reflects that of the universe; it is its translation, but also its metaphor: it says something totally different, and it says the same thing.
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You should take notes whenever you hear interesting or original language.
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Last time I checked, private nonprofit organizations have a right and a responsibility to be able to set the highest standards and criteria on their own without interference, let alone the level of vicious attacks and coercion that has occurred by Planned Parenthood.
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Housework is a breeze. Cooking is a pleasant diversion. Putting up a retaining wall is a lark. But teaching is like climbing a mountain.
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We must not turn away when we hear the cries of the hungry. We must not stand by when we see the killing and terrorizing of the innocent. We should not wait until hundreds and, in some cases, thousands of our fellow human beings have died as occurred in Afghanistan, before we act.
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Michael Jackson, who can sing, and is a good lookin' guy - but ain't the most masculine fellow in the world.
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There are two godheads: the world and my independent I. I am either happy or unhappy, that is all. It can be said: good or evil do not exist. A man who is happy must have no fear. Not even in the face of death. Only a man who lives not in time but in the present is happy.
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A popular author is one who writes what the people think. Genius invites them to think something else.
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Madame Chairman, I presume this is to sweep Britain clean of socialism
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The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful, and then only for a short while.
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When we talk about kids earning commission for chores, we always have at least one parent who argues that children should do chores because they are part of the family. I agree, but if you don't involve money in a few chores, you lose the teachable moments in the work, spend, save, and give principles.
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It's a pleasure to play my sister because everything I've accused her of my whole life, I can now re-enact before her eyes.
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The beginning of self-knowledge: recognizing that your motives are the same as other people's.
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Contrary to what President Obama said in his inaugural address, going on Medicare and food stamps does not strengthen us. Just ask people who are fourth-generation welfare recipients.
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There are a lot of actors out there who've made one or two films and who never work again.
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I have a Baldwin in my L.A. apartment, a Steinway in my New York apartment, and a Kawai plexiglass grand piano in storage for shows. I still play for two or three hours every day.
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Speaking English is like tongue-twist for me. I can speak each word perfect, but then you have to string them together like, 'Blah, blah, blah.' That's when I get crazy.
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The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.
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'Linger' was the first song I wrote after joining the Cranberries. I was 18, and the youngest member of the band was 16 at the time. We never imagined it'd be such a big hit.
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All my life, the mistakes I've made have been honorable ones.
