Abigail Washburn Quotes
You have to try things you're really afraid of, even if you pee yourself a little bit.
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PLease, do not visualize that we exist above you such as in heaven. The concepts above and below are products of your mind. The soul does not swing upwards. It exists in the center and orients itself in every direction.
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Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
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I clearly believe a lot more than some of my coalition colleagues - Tories - in redistribution and using the tax system for that purpose. I also believe in the government having an active role in the economy, which is having an industrial strategy. I'm not a believer in laissez-faire.
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One of the things Kuhn said about normal science is that people 'expect' things to be discovered.
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As an Asian-American actor, I believe it is important to never settle for the status quo. I feel a responsibility to do everything in my power to create positive perceptions of Asian Americans through my work.
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I condemn everyone and anyone who commits acts of terrorism. And Hamas has committed acts of terrorism.
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There are at least two retrospectives of my work each year in some country.
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My dad always said that hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard enough.
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I'm just so glad that I started acting when I did because I had this wealth of life experience. I don't know if I'd have been able to handle it had I gone out to L.A. at 22.
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Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.
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As Governor, I will demand that Colorado's government serves the taxpayers of Colorado, not special interest groups and government bureaucrats.
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I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.
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I'm not really into alternative country - I'm into Patsy Cline, who lived down the street from where I lived, and old Dolly Parton records, Kitty Wells and that old stuff. I like country music. I also like Eric Church, who has a great new sound but also holds onto that old sound.
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If you write a novel alone you sit and you weave a little narrative. And it's O.K., but it's of no account.
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I think 'Rockstar' is more dear to me than any of my other films.
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Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.
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I was a Girl Scout!
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The reality is that not only were we massively hit in 2008 when the bubble burst, and then we realized how deep the social gap, the economic gap in the world is between the super rich and the poor; also, we realized how impacted the environment has been. So there's been a physical consequence of that.
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It is fascinating to watch legislators turn away from their usual corporate grips when they hear the growing thunder of the people.
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When you change from being a part of the problem to being a part of the solution, allow somebody that.
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I don't chase what I hear on the radio. I try not to compete with anybody.
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I am ashamed to call this love human and afraid of God to call it divine
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But the body fails us and the mirror knows, and we no longer insist that the gray hush be carried off its surface by the cloth, for we have run to fat, and wrinkles encircle the eyes and notch the neck where the skin wattles, and the flesh of the arms hangs loose like an overlarge sleeve, veins thicken like ropes and empurple the body as though they had been drawn there by a pen, freckles darken, liver spots appear, the hairah, the hair is exhausted and gray and lusterless, in weary rolls like cornered lint.
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You have to try things you're really afraid of, even if you pee yourself a little bit.
