Barbara Bergmann Quotes
Universities give a boost in admissions for other factors besides race, factors that bring no social benefit, such as athletic ability, celebrity of parents, and alumni connections. It is remarkable how little agitation there is against those practices.
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A piercing satire, a poignant family drama and an investigation of the competing claims of honesty, loyalty, ambition and love.
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In your generation, everybody is constantly bombarded with all kinds of different input from different cultures, and that's a strength, that's a positive thing. That's why I remain confident about America's ability to compete in the world, precisely because we've got a little bit of everybody in this country.
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Every actor is somewhat mad, or else he'd be a plumber or a bookkeeper or a salesman.
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Allowing the pain of personal growth to be a crucible of your spirit-the alchemical grail through which the metal of your former self turns into gold-is one of the highest callings of life. Pain can burn you up and destroy you, or burn you up and redeem you. It can deliver you to an entrenched despair, or deliver you to your higher self. At midlife we decide, consciously or unconsciously, the path of the victim or the path of the phoenix when it is rising up at last.
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Dogmation is puppyism come to its full growth.
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Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it.
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Liberty is worth paying for.
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Dreams are our spiritual illustrated discovery journals.
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The editing process, for me, is both the most fun and the most frustrating. It's the most fun because you get to see it actually piece together. But if one thing is off, it can be frustrating trying to figure out exactly what it is that's bumping you, so you try a hundred different things.
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Every country gets the circus it deserves. Spain gets bullfights. Italy the Church. America Hollywood.
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Years, lovers, and glasses of wine. These are things that should never be counted.
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Praying is not about asking; it's about listening... It is just opening your eyes to see what was there all along.
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I'm a relatively cheap person who, to me, it's not cool to overspend; it's cool to get a great deal.
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A book should push the reader to confront himself and the world.
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Conditions to the north of us, in the Voronezh and Steppe Fronts zone of action, and our offensive on Kharkov demands that we not lose time and we commit all forces so that we can draw off as many divisions as possible from Kharkov. And even if we do not draw them off, at least we will not give Manstein the ability to take any of his units from our part of the front. If we attract one or two German tank divisions - it will be the best contribution to the defeat of the enemy in the south.
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High school is a haunted house in April, when seniors act up because the end is near. Even those who hate school sometimes cling to the devil they know. And for the kids who love it, the goodbyes are hard to think about.
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Life is a story and god is author.life is absurd.I think so.
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A grandparent is the only baby-sitter who doesn't charge more after midnight - or anything before midnight.
