Amelia Bloomer Quotes
It was a needed instrument to spread abroad the truth of a new gospel to woman, and I could not withhold my hand to stay the work I had begun. I saw not the end from the beginning and dreamed where to my propositions to society would lead me.
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As a novelist, I ask of myself only that I tell the truth and that I tell it beautifully.
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I've only chosen films that offered me something concrete, even if it is less than what I get to do in the South.
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If you're doing business, not that simple to only buy. You have to create something. You have to create something that never exist for the future.
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I never quite toed the line. I was a bit disruptive. All my early school reports from the age of 5 were 'Daniel must learn not to distract others.' And now, that's what I do for a living.
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There ought to be a thoughtful welfare-reform debate that doesn't turn into something that could be called scapegoating.
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War criminals in the U.S. and Israel are not punished: no international court has the courage to put them on trial.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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What is more comforting to the terrorists around the world: the failure to pass the 9/11 legislation because we lacked a majority of the majority,' or putting aside partisan politics to enact tough new legislation with America's security foremost in mind?
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Back home, almost everything I did, I did in Hebrew. I went to drama school in Hebrew, my whole career was in Hebrew, and to switch languages was something that was fascinating and more complicated than I expected it to be, even though I've been speaking English since I could speak.
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There are no galley-slaves in the royal vessel of divine love - every man works his oar voluntarily!
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Forty-five States, as the gentleman just said, have determined by people that were elected by the people of that State that marriage is the definition of one man and one woman.
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I like geography. I could tell you the capital of any country you want.
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I don't know what more to say. I mean, we're all going to die in a world that is worse than when we entered it.
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There may be a point where I may decide to write an autobiography.
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Why is every great children's story about a journey? Maybe that's because we are always on one.
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An experienced slush-pile reader doesn't need more than a few seconds to see if a story has potential. You don't need to eat all of a rotten egg to determine that it's rotten.
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The protagonist in 'Deacon Blues' is a triple-L loser - an L-L-L Loser. It's not so much about a guy who achieves his dream but about a broken dream of a broken man living a broken life.
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The Seventies theory explosion i.e., Literary theory, deconstruction, etc. was a panic reaction by headlocked pedants unable to cope with the emotional and sensory flux of the Sixties. It was a desperate search for new authority, new dogma.
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When you are a politician, it means to work for the benefit of the country, not to stay home. In politics, it ends only when one dies.
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Illiteracy does not impede the practice of democracy, as witnessed by the success of democracy in India despite the high illiteracy rate. One doesn't need a university diploma to realize that the ruler is oppressive and corrupt. On the other hand, to eradicate illiteracy requires that we elect a fair and efficient political regime.
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Things are pretty, graceful, rich, elegant, handsome, but, until they speak to the imagination, not yet beautiful.
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Peppers, garlic, hazelnuts and brazil nuts make my mouth, tongue and eyes swell and itch within minutes of eating them.
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There's a lot of directing within the stunt coordinator's job.
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It was a needed instrument to spread abroad the truth of a new gospel to woman, and I could not withhold my hand to stay the work I had begun. I saw not the end from the beginning and dreamed where to my propositions to society would lead me.
