Basil W. Maturin Quotes
I believe there are few whose view of life has not been affected by the stern or kindly influences of their early childhood, which threw them in upon themselves in timidity and reserve, or drew them out in genial confidence and sympathy with their fellow creatures.
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If I'm just at the White House, I have meetings in my office, I sign letters, I plan different things. Late in the afternoon, I'll quit working and wait for my husband to get home.
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Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.
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Disrespect toward Jesus, as we have seen all too often in our society, is very offensive to Muslims.
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I've always been extremely physical. I was a gymnast for 15 years, and then I was a dancer for nine, so I was kind of looking for these parts. But we have a tendency in Denmark not to do many action films.
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My husband and I have season tickets to the Giants games, and we go there as fans to enjoy it.
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We are currently working on new policies to protect and create American jobs, particularly by improving education. We need more information in order to find the best solutions to this increasing concern for American families.
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I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
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The notion of religious liberty is that you cannot be forced to participate in a religious ceremony that's not of your choosing simply because you're out-voted.
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Nobody has ever convinced me that ancient aliens have visited Earth. Not even close.
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I love and really respect strong women. I'm obsessed with Scarlett Johansson and Drew Barrymore and Penelope Cruz. They are just really incredibly strong-willed, intelligent females in the industry.
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I don't think my daughter wants to see me on the toilet. Lila has seen me nude.
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An injured lion still wants to roar.
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The essential is to excite the spectators. If that means playing Hamlet on a flying trapeze or in an aquarium, you do it.
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I'm not musical myself.
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My Aunt Agatha, the curse of the Home Counties and a menace to one and all.
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And me I'm in the bathroomcrying out my eyelids because it's hard to be a manwhen you're scared, just like a little kid.
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Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea behind it, is simply a brutality.
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I've always written, all my life, and when I was very young I developed an interest in poetry.
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Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves.
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White is hands down my favorite color and the color I wear the most.
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My first kiss was actually in a graveyard.
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As is commonly said, ‘to start anything is simple; to develop it and bring it to a successful culmination takes great effort.’
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I believe there are few whose view of life has not been affected by the stern or kindly influences of their early childhood, which threw them in upon themselves in timidity and reserve, or drew them out in genial confidence and sympathy with their fellow creatures.
