Carolyn Heilbrun (Carolyn Gold Heilbrun) Quotes
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I don't keep people around me that aren't family. You don't get to stay. Unless you're eating at the table with us, you're not part. We eat together, we cry together, we live together, we die together. Everything that we do is for each other, and we care for another.
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I was a big 'Battlestar Galactica' fan and 'Star Trek' fan. I grew up watching those.
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The experience of being in space didn't change my perspective of myself or of the planet or of life. I had no spiritual experience.
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My father insisted that I and my sisters not be indoctrinated into any religion at any age.
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How do you make it to the top when all you have is ambition and talent? You believe in yourself and surround yourself with other idealistic and talented friends that fuel each other and push against the establishment to take you seriously.
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The Western poet and writer of romance has exactly the same kind of difficulty in comprehending Eastern subjects as you have in comprehending Western subjects.
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Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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I'm a guy who loves my family, and we're probably only going to have a couple of more babies. I have the rest of my life to play the British Open.
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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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Only remember west of the Mississippi it's a little more look, see, act. A little less rationalize, comment, talk.
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I love what I do.
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Don't spend more than you take in. Control your debt. Empower the private sector. We have 50 states out there that are laboratories of democracy. Why are we not empowering the states to find solutions to our problems, particularly health care, as opposed to looking to a one-size-fits-all solution from Washington, D.C.? That puzzles even me.
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After my stellar first grade academic achievements, I continued to perform well in the city primary schools - except for penmanship, which was not my forte.
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Palestine is the issue, and until this issue is resolved, there can be no peace.
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For the U.S., as the largest player in the global environment, unintended consequences are magnified.
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Our Heavenly Father is far more merciful, infinitely more charitable, than even the best of his servants, and the Everlasting Gospel is mightier in power to save than our narrow finite minds can comprehend.
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I like 'Breaking Bad' and 'Game of Thrones.' I like that era. I like that fantasy world.
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My number one style requirement is to have fun getting dressed. Nothing is too old, expensive, cheap, cute or ugly for me.
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Dear and most respected bookcase! I welcome your existence, which has for over one hundred years been devoted to the radiant ideals of goodness and justice.
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I've always tried to defend the idea that the blues doesn't have to be sung by a person who comes from Mississippi, as I did.
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Banking's a sexy industry! Creative - it's dynamic, it's global, it's fast-moving, you bring a lot of talented people together!
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I love most melodic music - classical, reggae, big band, jazz, blues, country, pop, swing, folk.
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Ours is a long marriage, and we have found solitude together.
