Catharine Arnold Quotes
In the words of Euripides, ‘those whom the Gods wish to destroy, first they make mad’.
Quotes to Explore
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If I'm daring at all, I guess it would be emotionally. I try to keep things interesting for myself and to do things that challenge me.
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If you're losing, just be a man; be a man and lose as a man.
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This whole idea that we address environmental issues by not doing stuff just doesn't work.
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There is a lot of talk in conservative circles about judicial modesty and deferring to the political branches. That view of judging often overlooks the important role that courts have in protecting people's rights. But if there was ever a time to defer, it is when Congress is protecting voting rights in the exact way the Constitution directs it to.
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My hair was long with a fringe, and people would make jokes, calling me Britney and Lady Gaga.
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We also have a real opportunity to join NATO.
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It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.
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My faith in the Constitution is whole; it is complete; it is total. I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution.
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The partaker partakes of that which changes him. The child that touches takes character from the thing, The body, it touches. The captain and his menAre one and the sailor and the sea are one.
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If you write something wrong enough, I'll be glad to make up a new witticism just for you.
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When a juvenile offender commits a heinous crime, the State can exact forfeiture of some of the most basic liberties, but the State cannot extinguish his life and his potential to attain a mature understanding of his own humanity.
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True love is frozen in time I'll be your champion and you'll be mine I will remember you So please remember I will remember you
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If you're a baker, making bread, you're a baker. If you make the best bread in the world, you're not an artist, but if you bake the bread in the gallery, you're an artist. So the context makes the difference.
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I can't write a novel without first really doing reporting. I don't even call it research; it's reporting. That process is very important to the granularity of my writing. I have to know what the reality is so I can be more convincing in the writing.
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When government grows, it breaks the family.
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I have multiple ideas per day, all the time. The vast majority of these are completely idiotic. Usually, I just sit on the idea for several months. And if I have not decided that it's idiotic, then it's... might be a good idea.
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I like to give my daughter some rope and let her make her own decisions.
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I'm not sure that I would have become a Christian if I had continued to live in Hollywood because the notion wouldn't have occurred to me.
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They fought indeed and were slain, but it was to maintain the luxury and the wealth of other men.
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What really troubles me is that democracy is getting a bad name because it is identified with imposition and occupation. I'm for democracy, but imposing democracy is an oxymoron. People have to choose democracy, and it has to come up from below.
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It did not feel like something that was going to take over my life and destroy it. It felt like a subtle flower instead of a manipulative demon. That's the mystery of heroin.
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When I make fun of you, I strike just the right note. When you make fun of me, you're an incredibly ungrateful asshole and you know why.
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In the words of Euripides, ‘those whom the Gods wish to destroy, first they make mad’.
