Beverly Engel Quotes
You have the right to your own ideas and opinions, to make your own decisions, and to have things go your way at times. Stand up for those rights.
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I've always been a very confident person, and I know how important it is to take advantage when life gives you opportunity.
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A well-made salad must have a certain uniformity; it should make perfect sense for those ingredients to share a bowl.
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Major success feels a bit like a coronation. Like I'd become a king. I was one of the most famous people in the world, loved and hated in equal measure. I couldn't see anything bad with it. It made me a happy person.
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Devo and The Cramps didn't get big until they went to New York City. Chrissie Hynde didn't get big until she moved to London. When I was growing up, there wasn't even a place to play - just one little bar. If we wanted to have a gig, then we had to drive 45 minutes up to Cleveland.
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I've been a speaker. I've been a majority leader. I've been a minority leader. Those are the sort of things I don't need any more.
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A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my life's work.
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I think the media world is adjusting to the digital age.
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There's nothing more marvelously wintery than orange root veg mash; some butter is all it needs.
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The highest percentage of African Americans own their own homes today than ever in our nation's history.
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Glamour is fun! Spending time to get ready isn't about being fussy; it's about taking care of myself.
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People like to see honest persons. So I certainly will advise many young people who want to participate in politics, honesty is the best policy.
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Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.
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Work eight hours and sleep eight hours and make sure that they are not the same hours.
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It's an interesting thing to play the heroes of our society, like cops and firefighters. They're the basic heroes that, as little boys and little girls, you look up to as the first heroes of your small, specific community.
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My theme song is 'One Tin Soldier' by Coven.
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I still do the standard editorial cartoon: that is my bread and butter. I absolutely love doing that.
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Personally, I do not know whether humankind is alone in this vast universe. But I do know that we should cherish our existence on this precious speck of matter... the greatest gift that could be bestowed upon us. For all practical purposes, there is only one planet Earth.
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To lead a country, you must periodically hold a national consultation in which people representing different programmes can make a bid for power.
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The universe and the light of the stars come through me.
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In the beginning, when I first found out I had a disease that was incurable, emotionally I had to get used to the idea of being sick before I could think about making any other major decisions in my life.
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You actually can be passionate about things like making rational decisions based on a thorough airing of the facts, a reasonable and informed debate, a respect for the Constitution that includes, um, knowing about it.
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Despite his unimpressive appearance and manner, he was a brilliant fellow with a crystal-clear mind.... It was just that, when it came time for him to act like an executive, he was like a great many other people; when the time comes to make decisions, they have difficulty doing it.
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You have the right to your own ideas and opinions, to make your own decisions, and to have things go your way at times. Stand up for those rights.
