Hannah Whitall Smith Quotes
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Social Security is too vital to be lumped into backroom budget talks where the views of ordinary Americans risk going unheard.
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I've got to confess I'm a pragmatic optimist myself.
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Happens to everybody. Horses, dogs, men. Nobody gets out of life alive.
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I didn't feel attractive in high school.
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I like Liz Phair, but there were these stupid women reviewers who said she's surpassing the Stones. Dream on.
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But they lived those extraordinary lives that can never be lived again. And in the living of them, they gave me a history that is more profound, more beautiful, more powerful, more passionate, and ultimately more useful, than the best damn history book I ever read.
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Life is a compromise between fate and free will.
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Sometimes I feel the need to reaffirm all of it, the whole unhappy territory and all the things loved and unlovable in it, for all of it is part of me.
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'Pasadena' erred on the side being too dark. That was probably the one thing about it, in retrospect, why it didn't get picked up.
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I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains.
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My novella, 'The Lucky One,' is inspired in part by my dad and also by a Holocaust survivor I interviewed for the Steven Spielberg Survivors of the Shoah Foundation.
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I would like to look back on my body of work and be proud of each record in its own right, but as a whole, I want to continue to grow and move forward.
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I'm also very pleased that we were able to include a full orchestrated score for Dragon's Lair 3D. The 40 different music pieces blend with the action to make you feel more a part of the whole adventure.
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Maybe you are homophobic a little bit, but then you see me, and you've always loved me, and you love the way I play, and your kids love me. And then you're like, 'Oh, that's OK. It's fine.' Once it gets a little bit more personal, it helps break down those barriers.
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Near-term deficits are temporary and manageable if - and only if - we keep spending in check, the tax burden low and the economy growing.
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May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house.
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I guess historically, drag queens were imitating movie stars and luminaries. It's kind of nice to have a movie star imitating a drag queen.
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Think'st thou there are no serpents in the worldBut those who slide along the grassy sod,And sting the luckless foot that presses them?There are who in the path of social lifeDo bask their spotted skins in Fortune's sun,And sting the soul.
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Science and education, when devoid of a social conscience or environmental and human concern, are meaningless.
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Paris is mostly retired people - I love it, and it's a beautiful city, but it's quite slow.
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I want them [female fans] to not be afraid to live life, to not be afraid to make bad decisions because there are a lot of lessons and blessings in those decisions. Sometimes, if you don't fall into the pit, you won't reach out to God.
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Gentility is what is left over from rich ancestors after the money is gone.
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Its shocking how many people believe hardships are a punishment from God! Every hardship is good for you-if it brings you closer to Him!
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God loves us, and the will of love is always blessing for its loved ones.
