Tom Rachman Quotes
During my past career as a journalist, I relished writing obits and equally dreaded phoning relatives for the necessary facts. But to my surprise and great relief, they often wanted to talk - they wanted their recently deceased loved ones recorded in print.
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Thousands of years and many civilizations have defined a marriage as the union between one man and one woman. With few exceptions, those civilizations that did not follow that perished.
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Looking up and out, how can we not respect this ever-vigilant cognizance that distinguishes us: the capability to envision, to dream, and to invent? the ability to ponder ourselves? and be aware of our existence on the outer arm of a spiral galaxy in an immeasurable ocean of stars? Cognizance is our crest.
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People who live in a glass house have to answer the door.
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How you looked was not important. It was what you did and how you did it. Decide to do it and then do it the best way you can.
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Any movement at all that reduces disease, that reduces overdoses, that reduces property crime, that reduces violent crime, is good.
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You cannot run faster than a bullet.
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Ohioans are practical. We're a can-do people. Give us a problem, we'll give you a solution.
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With all due respect, the Mona Lisa is overrated.
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The TV schedule is essentially four or five days to get in touch with the story you're doing that week.
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I don't see myself making comedies always.
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There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body.
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Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even their desire to create. The truth of the matter is quite opposite.
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I'm proud to be a Democrat, and I feel pretty strongly that the country would be better off with Democrats in charge.
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I'm pretty much going to say what I feel.
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I love to dance, and I love to see people dance. It is good exercise. It gives you a kind of energy.
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One day, I saw a magic show, and I was like, 'I have to learn how to do this!' Every time I went to Las Vegas, I had to get at least two or three tricks from the magic shops.
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I judge movies on how much fun I had while I was doing them. I had a great time on 'The Right Stuff.' Doing that was fantastic. And there was the year I did 'The Rookie' and 'Far From Heaven,' which was amazing because those two different roles were just so far apart.
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Unscrupulous writers often count on the fact that most people don't bother reading footnotes or tracking down citations.
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The future influences the present just as much as the past.
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There are many portions of economical doctrine which appear to me as scientific in form as they are consonant with facts.
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Nothing is so conformable to reason as to disavow reason.
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Slavery cannot exist a day or an hour anywhere, unless it is supported by local police regulations.
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During my past career as a journalist, I relished writing obits and equally dreaded phoning relatives for the necessary facts. But to my surprise and great relief, they often wanted to talk - they wanted their recently deceased loved ones recorded in print.
