Bel Kaufman Quotes
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT MEETING AT 3 PM IN SCIENCE LAB 409 ON: THE TOTAL EXPERIENCE OF THE PUPIL: SHOULD MACBETH BE TAUGHT IN THE 6th TERM INSTEAD OF THE 5th?
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People should know what they want, not just what they don't want.
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I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.
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I love Adele; she's a timeless, classic beauty. I think she's beautiful. She's just a real woman.
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I'd rather go to a flea market than just about anything. It's the process I like - the same with getting dressed. If I've got someplace to be, I'll spend more time getting dressed than I spent at the actual event. Sometimes. Even in my own closet, I love to dig and search and find.
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Energy has become a national security issue and as technology continues to improve, there will be more debates like the one on Keystone.
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I've found that people get particularly frustrated and shut down when women in fiction are disgusting or disordered.
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The President is going to benefit from me reporting directly to him when I arrive.
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I have got everything which a politician needs.
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I think people will believe anything about someone they haven't seen for a while.
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The cool thing about working and meeting a lot of people through your acting is that you never know who you might work with, in the future.
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We did 356 'Dallas' episodes between 1978 and 1991. The most memorable moment for me happened in 1980 when I got shot at the end of the third series. The rest is a blur.
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Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
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I worry that if I enjoy something - like the songs on 'Some Nights' are about wondering about who you are. I'm never quite sure and I'd hate to feel sort of content and get a good sense of who I am because if I know one thing, that's not me. I don't mind not necessarily being happy about it. And that's fine.
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But, for instance, when I was awfully young, I read all the Oz books. They were an enormous influence on me.
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There is no such thing as absolute proof. There is only evidence.
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Bolivia is not yet a country of equals.
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I have been known as a crank, faddist, madman. Evidently the reputation is well deserved. For wherever I go, I draw to myself cranks, faddists, and madmen.
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I feel I'm often misunderstood by critics. People project a lot or exaggerate the subjective fragility simply because it's frightening to them.
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Life is hard for everyone. That's why there's such a nice reward at the end of it.
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I'm not looking ahead joyfully to the rest of my life or the future of the human race. I've always written about man as an animal species among other animals, competing for limited resources. Our population is exploding. Our environment is dying. Science has debunked God.
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I had then and still retain an interest in science for its own sake and as a metaphor for our current lives.
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I have always loved magic realism as a form of writing. I have also been fascinated for a long time with the intersection of science and religion.
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Many women in their 40s make the mistake of wearing clothes that are too tight. Skimpy dresses and tight trousers can make you look older, so get the best fit you can find.
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ENGLISH DEPARTMENT MEETING AT 3 PM IN SCIENCE LAB 409 ON: THE TOTAL EXPERIENCE OF THE PUPIL: SHOULD MACBETH BE TAUGHT IN THE 6th TERM INSTEAD OF THE 5th?
