Charles Fletcher Dole Quotes
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I could sum up the future in one word, and that word is 'boring.' The future is going to be boring.
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I do not believe any president can bind a successor president to give up his fundamental role as protector of the country.
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The Taliban is the Muslim version of the Salem witch trials.
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I love old movies. The '40s theatre pace is fantastic.
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Musical theater is one of my passions.
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Real tolerance means respecting other people even when they baffle you and you have no idea why they think what they think.
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There are moments as a teacher when I'm conscious that I'm trotting out the same exact phrase my professor used with me years ago. It's an eerie feeling, as if my old mentor is not just in the room, but in my shoes, using me as his mouthpiece.
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Well, for us, in history where goodness is a rare pearl, he who was good almost takes precedence over he who was great.
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As a child, as a cinemagoer, I think there is nothing better than being in a cinema or watching a film. I think it's just a while magical... it almost feels like you're at a big party in India, where you're singing, you're dancing, you're laughing, you're crying, you feel like you're at a wedding because our films invariably cover all emotions.
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A musician is a professional, whether he or she is successful or not. The profession itself must be regarded as a stable job.
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I spend my days kneeling in the muck of language, feeling around for gooey verbs, nouns, and modifiers that I can squash together to make a blob of a sentence that bears some likeness to reason and sense.
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Let me be absolutely clear. Israel is a strong friend of Israel's. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under a McCain administration. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under an Obama administration. So that policy is not going to change.
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I have a strong affinity for animals.
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We women are going to bring change. We are speaking up for girls' rights, but we must not behave like men, like they have done in the past.
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Even if I flop, I still qualified for the Games, and that was my goal. My target was to be at an Olympics for the third time with people I like.
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It is a warning to all those who may think about becoming involved with a terrorist network, people who are willing to destroy their own lives are hard to deter.
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The writer's secret is not inspiration - for it is never clear where it comes from - it is his stubbornness, his patience.
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Dance is something I really enjoy; it gives me a different kind of happiness, something more spiritual. Plus it's good exercise; I'm happy doing it, and it all shows!
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Stuffing is my favorite food in the world! I actually have been known to go buy stuffing and make it in the middle of summer.
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The trick is to try and justify every word on the page and make sure my character is the man who would say that.
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Shamanism is the oldest form of communicating and healing. It probably resides in all of us.
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Joy is at its keenest when contrasted with sorrow, courage at its height when it follows fear, faith at its noblest when it grows from doubt.
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The measure of a life is a measure of love and respect, So hard to earn so easily burned In the fullness of time, A garden to nurture and protect It's a measure of a life The treasure of a life is a measure of love and respect, The way you live, the gifts that you give In the fullness of time, It's the only return that you expect.
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Religion is as healthy and normal as life itself.
