Washington Irving Quotes
There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.
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Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality under the law, basic respect for public order, and the right of peaceful protest.
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I wanted to study to be a dental hygienist, marry a rich dentist, and hang it up.
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I spent half my life being hurt. The leftovers of hurt are an automatic gesture, like a dog that salivates.
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All my life the only thing I've been good at has been climbing and throwing myself off big things.
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I've been too many places. I'm like the bad penny.
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People deal with models like they are children. They think they can pull one over on you. It's actually funny. I'm always like, I'm about to pull something on you, and you're so focused on thinking I'm dumb, you're not even going to know.
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Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.
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Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere.
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It is important for investors to understand what they do and don't know. Learn to recognize that you cannot possibly know what is going to happen in the future, and any investment plan that is dependent on accurately forecasting where markets will be next year is doomed to failure.
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I was a commercial girl. In drama school, I was a mediocre model occasionally to pick up some extra cash, and because clearly I'm not six feet tall, and I had baby weight, I would mainly just would do promotional stuff.
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Congress is attempting to eviscerate women's health care. Like many women across America, I am outraged.
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I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.
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Bolivar's legacy has always been a part of the Venezuelan/Latin American imagery, especially in the countries that he liberated or he helped to liberate. He's been a very prominent figure.
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If you can't play guitar and sing in Nashville, you might as well just be a construction worker.
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I think that when something happens when you're growing up, like a death or divorce, it does open the world slightly because things aren't as straightforward.
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I was in an awful lot of trouble in Hollywood.
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It is possible that, post-Kyoto, the developed countries will recognise the requirements of the developing world.
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Reggie Jackson hit one off me that's still burrowing its way to Los Angeles.
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We grow small trying to be great.
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One of the challenges of a democratic government is making sure that even in the midst of emergencies and passions, we make sure that rule of law and the basic precepts of justice and liberty prevail.
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The fact that Western Muslims are free means that they can have enormous impact. But it would be wrong to claim that we are imposing our ways on the West. New ideas are now coming from the West. To be traditional is not so much a question of protecting ourselves as to be traditionalist in principle.
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Seeing the road show of 'A Chorus Line' in 1977 at the Orpheum Theater in downtown Memphis was a life-changing event for me: there were gay people, on the stage, and they all lived in New York.
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When I feel like every day when I get up I'm writing songs, that's the time to make a record.
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There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity, but which kindles up and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity.
