Bel Kaufman Quotes
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In general, I think the world is a good place if you work hard, believe in yourself, have good intentions, and if you are kind to people, I believe that good things happen to you.
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I love to beatbox and have been doing it before I even knew what it was.
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I am not saying we are categorizing Ellen White in the biblical context of a false prophet.
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Tragedy is like strong acid - it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth.
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Unfortunately, we have seen terrorist groups use social media to spread hateful propaganda, to recruit members, and to incite violence with alarming effectiveness.
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The classic, 'Romeo and Juliet,' for me, is the iconic story of young love.
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Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.
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Our need for that exterior god that sits up there and judges us... will diminish and eventually disappear.
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You may count on Mexico's support, since your commitment to the noblest causes of mankind and your vast experience are and will be invaluable in enabling us, together, to achieve a better world.
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I think a lot of people have a problem with the fact that I've adopted an African child, a child who has a different color skin than I do.
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I'm often accused of being prudish, but the opposite is true.
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Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.
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Cuba never had advisors in Vietnam. The military there knew very well how to conduct their war.
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Each year I host a leadership summit in my district, and my biggest advice to young people is get experience. Get your foot in the door.
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So many actors started on soap operas. So yeah, I'd graduated Julliard and done some theater. I've done a few guest spots on TV but nothing that long-term. I did a little 'E.R.' back when it was on, and a pilot for 'Cold Case.'
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We must make the government accept that at a time when we are expected to look ahead, we cannot afford to start discriminating against our own people in the name of 'ethos.'
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You don't only have the need to do it well because leading a country is something quite important, but also because I am the first woman I have the obligation to do it the best possible way so my country can continue voting for women in the future. It is a big responsibility.
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The first place to start is on enforcement. We who got the ADA passed did the hard part, the heavy lifting.
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I was the first attorney general to court to fight Obamacare - about 30 minutes after the president signed the bill.
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Freedom can't be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.
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There's a lot of risk in putting what you suspect you really are into your music.
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Everything is an experiment until it has a deadline. That gives it a destination, context, and a reason.
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To meet this expense, he sold his violin. Besides, Charlotte did not care for music.
