Annette Gordon-Reed Quotes
Laws are sometimes put on the books not for purposes of strict enforcement but as statements about the community’s values.
Quotes to Explore
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I swear allegiance to the Republic of Sudan.
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The art of creation is older than the art of killing.
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I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
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Bodhisattva is enlightened in the Buddhist philosophy, religion, tradition. He's enlightened. It's fine - I don't really fight it - but many people use the term 'zen' and terms like 'nirvana,' 'enlightenment' in an almost superficial way. It's not that complicated.
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When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.
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I found it peculiar that those who wanted to take military action could - with 100 per cent certainty - know that the weapons existed and turn out to have zero knowledge of where they were.
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What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
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I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.
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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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Originally, we had a band known as Steely Dan. As we moved away from the band, we got whoever was appropriate for specific tunes. In a lot of cases, we gravitated toward jazz players who had more sophisticated harmonic concepts.
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It's really kind of a luxury for an actor to have the opportunity to show such different types of characters. I actually left 'Cowboys & Aliens' and went straight into 'The Change-Up.' It was kind of a funny change of pace.
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Americans have so far put up with inequality because they felt they could change their status. They didn't mind others being rich, as long as they had a path to move up as well. The American Dream is all about social mobility in a sense - the idea that anyone can make it.
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I'm happy to be on a winning team. My individual success, that lasts for a short period of time. The success of being a part of the South, of Atlanta, which is now the hot bed of music, that's what's gonna last the longest. The fact that I contributed to planting our flag and moving music to my city, that's what I'm most proud of.
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Broadening and deepening the relationship with our users and advertisers have always been our strategic priority.
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In the case of Marilyn and John Kennedy, I think they did affect change.
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Something on mainstream radio is very in your face with the vocals. I tried that, and it just doesn't feel like Washed Out. It's got to have that haziness to it.
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I used to give up writing like some people would give up smoking.
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Part 1, Ch. 2
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To use the power of the bison, I had to perform that part of my vision for the people to see.
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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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My life style in a sense is kind of private.
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I got disappointed in human nature as well and gave it up because I found it too much like my own.
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I never want to impose my will on a community because even though I am the director of the movie, I can't direct them to be any more like themselves than they are. So it's very helpful to me because I can see the truth of their lives and their world right in front of me.
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Laws are sometimes put on the books not for purposes of strict enforcement but as statements about the community’s values.
