Bernard Bailyn Quotes
Instantly available without continuous presence is probably the best role a mother can play.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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Teach us to give and not to count the cost.
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I just was in the second round. That's painful, because always is tough to lose, but well, that's sport. You win, you lose.
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Singing, for me, means singing as loud as I can.
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Franchises mean that you're tied in. That's a lovely feeling of comfort to the whole thing. From a business perspective, it really keeps you current and lets you go and do other smaller, more pedestrian things.
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But all bubbles have a way of bursting or being deflated in the end.
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French fries. I love them. Some people are chocolate and sweets people. I love French fries. That and caviar.
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To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth.
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In life, you need many more things besides talent. Things like good advice and common sense.
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I read my first P.G. Wodehouse when I was 12.
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I certainly do not support excluding faith from public life.
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And there is a beautiful thing which is wonderful, to look like a woman, not a green bean.
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I've benefited from the best of both societies and both cultures, East and West.
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I actually studied literature at university, so I'm much more of an arts-based person, but I remember I actually did enjoy physics because you got to do weird experiments. I remember we did this thing with static where we all had to put our hands on this static ball to see that your hair would all stand on end.
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I never stop looking for things to try and make myself better.
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I don't want to participate in traditional Indian religious ceremonies - dance in a sun dance or pray in a sweat lodge or go on a vision quest with the help of a medicine man. The power of these ceremonies has an appeal, but I'm content with what little religion I already have.
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I am so fortunate to know people who have believed in me and been there for me in my very best and worst moments.
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The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights of the people, with the ultimate extinction of all privileged classes.
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I love music, and I loved dance music immediately. So I bought some equipment and started making my own. When I started this, I didn't say, 'okay I'm going to do this step and then this step' to become popular. I just created music that I loved.
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Imaginative empathy is one of the great gifts that humans have, and it means that we can live more than one life. We can picture what it would be like from another perspective.
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My parents are pretty good about keeping me humble. They brought me up good.
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The modern economy isn't about the redistribution of wealth, it's about the redistribution of time.
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I don't really like saying "the gays"... I'm not sure why. I suppose I say "the Jews." but I don't say "the blacks." I guess because I'm a Jew for all intents and purposes and to group people together of which I am not one in such a casual way feels disrespectful.
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Instantly available without continuous presence is probably the best role a mother can play.
