Rebecca Harding Davis Quotes
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It is often said by religious people that without its framework, there is no sense of right or wrong. My view is that religion comes after ethics.
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It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
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I'd never written a novel before, and I wrote a novel, and that turned out OK.
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I get along very well with animals and children. I dig them, I get them.
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Producing all my own songs and refusing to go to the hot producer. That's the biggest risk I've taken so far.
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How long should a man's legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.
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Violence is a tool of the ignorant.
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Change is not only likely, it's inevitable.
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I may as well say it, I have been married three times.
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A tree grows. If you're staying the same, something is wrong. You're not alive.
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As the Cold War melts into history, our first concern should be the preservation and extension of human rights and democracy.
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To the youth who have taken up guns, I urge them to return to their parents and shun violence.
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In New York I pretty much live in diners - I order French Fries, Diet Coke floats and lots of coffee.
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Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.
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The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it.
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We should craft our laws to allow images of criminal suspects to be captured in public - but also to make sure that the government does not unduly infringe on the privacy rights of innocent citizens.
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I'm so blessed to have such enlightened parents. It must have been very hard to watch their able-bodied son lock himself up in his old room for most of his 20s.
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The number of attacks on the American and allied forces is at the highest level since the insurgency began despite the increase of America combat operations and the introduction of some 40 new Iraq security forces and battalions.
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'Don Quixote' is a very political book that has been used by diplomats, politicians, guerrilla fighters, to inspire people, to convince them that they themselves can become quixotic. George Washington had a copy of the book on his desk when signing the U.S. Constitution.
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Two weeks after having Bandit I was in a recording studio. I hadnt yet really fully understood what being a dad was and, man, I was exhausted. But she is 17 months now. Shes running, shes been running for a long time. Shes inspired me a great deal for the record. She even goes Wow Daddy! when I play to her.
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I am a very reclusive, private person.
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Petal, like a persistent song phrase, like a few stubborn lines of verse memorized in childhood. The needle was stuck.
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As human beings, we all mature physically from childhood to adolescence and then into adulthood, but our emotions lag behind.
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The only hero known to my childhood was Henry Clay.
