Candace Wheeler Quotes
If the physical perfection of childhood could last, what a possesssion it would be for humanity!
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'Idol' was groundbreaking television. I am very fortunate to have won the show at the time. 'Idol' changed my life, and I am thankful.
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I just wish that people will be kinder to me when I pass away.
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I feel very, very lucky that George has got a little sister.
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Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical. Reading it uncritically, without understanding the cultural and historical setting of the text, leaves us forced to accept scientific and sociological norms of the ancient Near East from 3,000 years ago.
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When Orientals are attacked, they don't hit back.
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I always liked No. 10 because I loved Zidane. He was my role model. I always wanted to play like him.
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In order to survive in a dangerous neighborhood, Israel has always needed to be more than tough. The country has always needed to be smart.
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There isn't a class structure in Nigeria; there's a tribal structure and prestige as far as money is concerned.
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I support this war on terror and the war on radical Islam.
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Italy is full of historical buildings. And Europe holds a great history of philosophy from Greece until today. I read all those books and see these buildings, and I think of where I stand when I design my architecture.
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When I think of something that really is me, that I'm proud of, is honestly, I would have to say, I've never sold my soul along the way... All those things, you're selling your soul, and I don't think I have.
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'Oh indeed!' exclaimed the King. Then he turned to his servants and said: 'Please take General Crinkle to the torture chamber. There you will kindly slice him into thin slices. Afterward you may feed him to the seven-headed dogs.'
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Indeed, it is not intellect, but intuition which advances humanity. Intuition tells man his purpose in this life.
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When I left high school, my dad was directing a film, and I went to work for him as a P.A. There were two wonderful editors, Bud Isaacs and Bernie Balmuth, working on the project, and every chance I had, I would go to the editing room to watch and learn from them.
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Singing allowed me to express myself in ways that I wouldn't be able to do otherwise.
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Airline travel is hours of boredom interrupted by moments of stark terror.
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Sometimes, you'll watch the news and you'll see two-year-old boys in South Africa, wearing 'Spider-Man' t-shirts. It's such a global phenomenon.
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Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.
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I want all types of people to look at my work and see themselves, just like I watch a Reese Witherspoon movie as a black woman and can empathize with her because we have had to internalize whiteness in that way to survive.
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As we learned after President Herbert Hoover signed the Smoot-Hawley tariff at the outset of the Great Depression, vibrant international trade is a key component to economic recovery; hindering trade is a recipe for disaster.
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I always envisioned working in film and in theater. Theater and film are not, they're not in any way substitutable. What I love about theater is so different from what I love about film, and I enjoy the craft of both.
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At one point, I thought life was about acquiring things. But as a I get older, life is totally about losing everything.
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Your plays are always personal. You can't help seeing yourself in the serial killer you've just written. But they get less specifically personal.
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If the physical perfection of childhood could last, what a possesssion it would be for humanity!
