Bette Greene Quotes
Experiencing life through a book can help you learn without all the pain of going through the experiences first hand.
Quotes to Explore
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What are the relationships between power and knowledge? There are two bad, short answers: 1. Knowledge provides an instrument that those in power can wield for their own ends. 2. A new body of knowledge brings into being a new class of people or institutions that can exercise a new kind of power.
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Since 1987, when I got my first one, I've been wearing a clock around my neck 24/7. You feel me? 24/7.
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I've done it all. I'm thankful and proud of what I've accomplished in my life. I hope to keep doing it.
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While cheap products are exported to western countries, the waste is dumped mostly in China's back yard, contaminating its air, water, soil and seas.
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Only a few good leaders have paused to reflect seriously on being leaders.
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Everyone has a purpose in life and a unique talent to give to others. And when we blend this unique talent with service to others, we experience the ecstasy and exultation of own spirit, which is the ultimate goal of all goals.
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All the problems we face in the United States today can be traced to an unenlightened immigration policy on the part of the American Indian.
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In a strange way, I'm way more comfortable onstage than anywhere else.
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Not all lies are harmful. Sometimes we're willing participants in deception for the sake of social dignity, maybe to keep a secret that should be kept secret, secret. We say, 'Nice song.' 'Honey, you don't look fat in that, no.'
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As actors, you play people who are not yourselves!
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I was 16 when I auditioned for the series '8 Simple Rules.' They cast the kids first.
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Wine lovers have known for centuries that decanting wine before serving it often improves its flavor. Whatever the dominant process, the traditional decanter is a rather pathetic tool to accomplish it. A few years ago, I found I could get much better results by using an ordinary kitchen blender.
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The journey that 'In Praise of Slowness' has made since publication shows how far this message resonates. The book has been translated into more than 30 languages. It appears on reading lists from business schools to yoga retreats. Rabbis, priests and imams have quoted from it in their sermons.
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My retail partners, they are my brand ambassadors. They're the ones who are selling the shoes to women.
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The referendum of 5th July will stay in history as a unique moment when a small European nation rose up against debt-bondage...
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Alexander North Whitehead is supposed to have said of Bertrand Russell: 'Bertie thinks me muddleheaded and I think Bertie simple-minded.'
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The man responsible for keeping Americans safe from another terrorist attack on American soil for nearly seven years now will go down in history as one of America's greatest presidents.
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In 1984, I managed Walter Mondale's campaign for president. Mondale won the nomination after a bruising battle with Colorado Senator Gary Hart and Reverend Jesse Jackson.
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The Third Reich is the first power which not only recognizes, but puts into practice, the high principles of the Papacy.
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Juilliard's mission statement is learn about the classics so you can use that as a springboard to anything that comes your way.
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He had a bitter pain in his heart, for he knew that she was still a stranger to him and his hungry love was destined ever to remain unsatisfied.
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Sympathy is charming, but it does not make up for pain.
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Meeting Helen Mirren was a fabulous experience. I had played it out in my mind, how I should greet her when we would be introduced. But the way we met was funny because I just didn't recognise her!
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Experiencing life through a book can help you learn without all the pain of going through the experiences first hand.
