Bel Kaufman Quotes
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The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.
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That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.
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I was a big fan of Indiana Jones; then I realized he was kind of a fake hero. The real heroes are the people who work hard and do their stuff right, like firefighters and policemen.
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If I were dead, then nobody in England would have to fuss about the cost of my security and whether or not I merited such special treatment for so long.
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It is a great honor to become Executive Producer of 'Frontline.' David Fanning's mentorship and partnership over the past fifteen years has been extraordinary. I am inspired by his legacy and honored to guide 'Frontline's future.
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I wish that the Democrats would put some effort into Social Security reform, illegal immigration's reform, tax reform, or some of the other real issues that are out there.
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You shouldn't put your hands on a woman. Simple as that.
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What surprises me, what amazes me, is that it seems the military people were expecting to stumble on large quantities of gas, chemical weapons and biological weapons.
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As we grow old, the beauty steals inward.
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My mother taught me to drive using the 'Detroit Method,' where speed limits and traffic lights are taken as cute suggestions.
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I would categorize Die Antwoord as pop music: extreme, futuristic pop music.
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We have now just enshrined, as soon as I sign this bill, the core principle that everybody should have some basic security when it comes to their healthcare.
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The writer is more concerned to know than to judge.
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Comic books are a big passion of mine.
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People think that if they read something in the newspaper or see it on TV, it has to be true.
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Socially, the Cuban revolution created an education system and health service that remain the envy of much of the neo-liberal world.
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One way to quantify the immigrant contribution to the overall economy is to measure their share of the U.S. economic output. One such examination for the years 2009-2011 found that immigrants contributed 14.7 percent of the total economic output.
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War of aggression, war which does not imply defense of one's country, is a collective crime.
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Imitation of the art of earlier centuries, as that done by Picasso and Modigliani, is carried on not to perpetuate ancient values but to demonstrate that new aesthetic orders now prevail.
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Phoenix is an interesting example. Drive around and see the golf courses everywhere, and you see people's big green lawns. And you live in a desert! I've always remarked about the capacity of human beings to look at somewhere and move there because of its uniqueness and its beauty and then change it.
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Born with blue spectacles, you would think the world was blue and never be conscious of the existence of the distorting glass.
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I like Philip Larkin an awful lot; I really like his view on life, and I really connect to it.
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Oswald Cabal: Dragging out life to the last possible second is not living to the best effect. The nearer the bone, the sweeter the meat. The best of life, Passworthy, lies nearest to the edge of death.
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There was only this one life to live; the unpardonable sin was to waste it.
