Rebecca Harding Davis Quotes
Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which not only adds to the national honor but uplifts a nation and develops patriotism and courage. That is all true. But it is only fair, too, to let them know that the garments of the deity are filthy and that some of her influences debase and befoul a people.
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I don't do detoxes or cleanses; they don't really work for me.
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I like when everything's naturally moving along - I find that pretty exciting.
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I think that its easy to think of the environment as all doom and gloom and that, 'What can we do, it's too late. And the polar bears are gone, and everything is gone.' But really, just the little steps that we can make as individuals make a big difference.
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I think it's important to experience kindness so that you can experience it more in the future. I believe that patterns of emotional behavior are set down before adolescence. And I think that if you have not observed kindness, you will not recognize it. You have to experience kindness in order to be kind.
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I think the process is one of using the camera and sound in the way a detective uses a magnifying glass: to find the clues. They're discovery devices, not performance devices - you're watching things the way a cat does. You're not judging. You're there to witness something.
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The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.
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I'm a historian in my own mind.
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I've never been strong with my time-management skills.
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The burden of the self is lightened with I laugh at myself.
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It is incredibly important to set goals for your business, as if you have no direction for your business, your online business will be a failure.
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In some extremely important ways, people are what you expect them to be, or at least they behave as you expect them to behave.
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Obviously I always wanted to do a contemporary piece.
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I was thinking 'Love Story', obviously, was a romantic film of that time.
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If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales.
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'Ali' is the story of a lower middle-class golfer who becomes a champion. I find the game very interesting and would like to continue playing it regularly after the movie is wrapped up.
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When we hate our enemies, we are giving them power over us: power over our sleep, our appetites, our blood pressure, our health, and our happiness.
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I loved Clinton; not as a Democrat, but as a person.
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I've never really been a television watcher, so I never watch comedies.
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If you talk to any actor, they'll tell you that working is the best thing.
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There is a plethora of topics to explore. I sometimes think I may never live long enough to explore all of the unique story lines I have either in my head or waiting in my computer file.
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Agencies must know who they are accountable to. If the agencies know who they are accountable to but we cannot say who they are accountable to, then really it is a very sad situation that is bound to be misused. It is bound to affect human rights.
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I want to do more documentaries and travel to places I haven't been. That is where I think I can be fulfilled.
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Recognizing how totally ignorant you are is the only honest way to deal with people who've been through something traumatic.
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Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which not only adds to the national honor but uplifts a nation and develops patriotism and courage. That is all true. But it is only fair, too, to let them know that the garments of the deity are filthy and that some of her influences debase and befoul a people.
