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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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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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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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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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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One way to organize your thoughts is to tidy up, even if it's in places where it makes no sense at all.
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It is good to learn from the ancients. I'm a bit of an ancient myself. They had a lot of time to think about architecture and landscape.
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I think for diners, it is about crafting an identity around food which we have not really had in a mainstream way in this country. So there is a mass movement of people who identify themselves through their food preferences or even just that they prioritize food - that's where we get this idea of being a foodie.
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Personally, I have had sometimes moments where I thought my idea behind the idea of a collection - the concept maybe - something that we don't see at the end on the catwalk, I think the way it was, the genesis in my mind, was probably artistic, an artistic approach.
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...they were nobodies in the county, they would leave nothing behind but their headstones.
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The security of our country is not just a top priority, it's the top priority.
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It is one of the beautiful compensations in this life that no one can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
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What we want in students is creativity and a willingness to fail. I always say to students, 'If you've never at some point stayed up all night talking to your new boyfriend about the meaning of life instead of preparing for the test, then you're not really an intellectual.'
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Religion is as healthy and normal as life itself.
