William Torrey Harris Quotes
Our schools have been scientifically designed to prevent over-education from happening. The average American [should be] content with their humble role in life, because they're not tempted to think about any other role.
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I can't change my bra size. They're natural! I can work out and I can stay healthy and motivated, but I can't change some things. I really just live my life. I love my body. It's what God gave me! I feel confident with myself, and if that inspires other women to feel confident with their bodies, great.
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To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after all would be too damn hard.
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I learned that kids in show business are so different from regular, average students. They would gather behind you and help you to succeed in any way possible.
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Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.
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In order to do 'Amores Perros,' I had to skip some time at drama school, so the director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu came up with a great Latin American solution, which was to say I had a tropical disease and had to stay in Mexico for a while. Everyone believed me.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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What's been happening in Iraq, what young Americans wearing flak jackets, helmets and flight suits have done is... created the circumstances under which Iraq can become our closest ally in that part of the world and still have a representative government. And that's going to be a very good thing considering what's going on in that neighborhood.
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I love going to the local market and seeing friends that I grew up with... and having conversations. I love the community of Bayonne.
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Well, I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.
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Beauty was never really my trip. Maybe those roles are attracted to me?
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Genuine expressions of emotion rarely persist longer than five seconds and almost never longer than 10. A fixed smile is likely to conceal anger, anxiety, or some other negative emotion.
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Matt Braunger really makes me laugh; I like that guy a lot.
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This is one Hart that you will not leave in San Francisco.
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There are three reasons for becoming a writer: the first is that you need the money; the second that you have something to say that you think the world should know; the third is that you can't think what to do with the long winter evenings.
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I drank too much, only champagne.
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Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.
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The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism.
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One of the first members of Congress I met when I was first elected in 2008 was Barney Frank.
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I have a great fondness for the liars in my stories.
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Teenagers aren't loyal to much of anything - especially Internet stuff.
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One extends one's limits only by exceeding them.
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I fervently believe that, as someone has said before, "When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." I want to help change the way young people look at school, and hence, the way they look at their futures.
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Our schools have been scientifically designed to prevent over-education from happening. The average American [should be] content with their humble role in life, because they're not tempted to think about any other role.
