Raymond Bonner Quotes
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Our parents all experimented with raising us in a fairly loose, unorthodox way. A huge emphasis was placed on creativity, and our artistic efforts were never dismissed as childish. There was a sense that we - kids and grown-ups - all had the potential to make something of value. Our drawings were not simply destined for the refrigerator.
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Pity is the deadliest feeling that can be offered to a woman.
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I was kind of a wild child. I wasn't taught the niceties of life.
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I open the doors for everybody all the time.
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Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly.
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The federal government has not been effective enough monitoring and surveilling bad guys.
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No money on earth can buy the love and affection that has been given to me by a grateful nation.
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When I first started, I just wanted to work. I wouldn't necessarily do anything, but I'd pretty much almost do anything at the very beginning.
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Almost all people have this potential for evil, which would be unleashed only under certain dangerous social circumstances.
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My mother is going to get earrings of my head. Some will be dipped in silver, some will be dipped in gold, and I will hand them out to everyone I know.
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Happy birthday,” she said. “And next time? Eat the stupid cupcake.
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They almost ran me off the road several times. There are so many chances that they take to get the right photo.
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You can read a dozen different textbooks or how-to manuals that will tell you the basic rules of what makes a story - a beginning, a middle, and an end.
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Art is a delivery system for worldviews.
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Pastor Saeed Abedini is coming home. Held for three and a half years, his unyielding faith has inspired people around the world in the global fight to uphold freedom of religion. Now Pastor Abedini will return to his church and community in Idaho.
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At the base, it's about a man from America who doesn't quite fit in, with the comedy that entails. Everyone can relate to that, when things are lost in translation.
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I never had a low self-esteem that would make me gay. At one point, though, the reverse happened. Being homosexual led me to have a loss of self-esteem when I first became aware of society's attitudes about homosexuality.
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There's no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing.
