Ann Dunham Quotes
A healthy dose of guilt never hurt anybody. It's what civilization was built on, guilt. A highly underrated emotion.
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It is part of my responsibility as a bridge builder to speak the truth about what's great about America, what we've done right, and what our less glorious moments. And many people feel that the Iraq adventure, for example, has been one of our less glorious moments.
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Hockey, honestly, was my first love. The excitement, the fast pace, the intensity of the game... I still love it to this day.
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I don't believe in strong-arming people.
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I think, I think we need a Republican president from the real world to remind ourselves sometimes of what we need to do.
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When I'm in the city, I like to go to different events and get introduced to different people. That's what New York is all about. There is great diversity, and there are people from all over the world who have done amazing things. That's my favorite thing to do: meet new people.
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My daughter is the most normal towards me. For her, I am just her mom. I am just a regular mom, and the actor comes after that. If she likes something that I am wearing, she tells me, and if she doesn't, she still makes it a point to let me know.
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Our most noted satirists are true columnists, and their opinions can be worth more than any well-documented expose.
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I'm shy, but not on a one-to-one basis. Over the years, I have become acclimatised to a bit of publicity.
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The best part about being friends with your parents is that no matter what you do, they have to keep loving you.
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It's not a bad time to be me.
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Some people are just not going to like me and they're not going to like my work. But that doesn't mean I'm a bad person.
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Where there is clarity, there is no choice. And where there is choice, there is misery. But then, why should I speak, since I know nothing?
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"I think you have to be ready to quit within yourself. If you're not, it doesn't matter what rehab you go to."
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It makes one’s head heavy and giddy, as if one were not looking back down the receding perspectives of time but rather down on the earth from a great height, from one of those towers whose tops are lost to view in the clouds
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When you're not having to deal with all those polling sites it simplifies one's life considerably,
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It's not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that's your pool of resources. If you were to write something now, I bet there's a pretty good chance you'd call on your teenage years, your experiences then, stuff you learned then.
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The worst is feeling worthless.
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I want to own an NFL franchise. I understand the business of football.
