Gary Ackerman Quotes
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Born with blue spectacles, you would think the world was blue and never be conscious of the existence of the distorting glass.
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I realize we're not promised tomorrow. Believe me, I realize that. But if God blesses me and lets me stay, I love my life so much, it is such a good life. I am eager to throw myself at His feet, but I don't want to get on the first busload that is going.
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I love cycling.
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If you look back on the breakups that you've had, whether it's a long relationship or a one-night stand, it's always awkward.
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Muzzle a dog and he will bark out of the other end.
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We never left a set until we'd trashed it.
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I prefer to believe it's my responsibility if a film of mine works or doesn't work.
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I know that I have to give testimony about all the things I lived, but I need time.
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Women become the objects of rules; they are repressed and lose their rights in the name of religion, or they lose their freedom in the name of tradition, while the state legitimates this foolishness with laws.
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And, of course, in the Philippines there were so many thousands of Americans that were captured by the Japanese and held and who were rescued by Filipino Americans, or Filipinos I should say, and by U.S. troops near the close of the war.
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I think we all carry the seeds of our own destruction. You really have to be aware that just because something is good, it doesn't mean it's not going to trigger a self-destructive impulse.
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Meditation helps me to calm down.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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The search for the truth for truth's sake is the mark of the historian.
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Almost everyone thinks they are a good person, but the question you should be asking is, am I good enough to go to Heaven? How would you know?
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I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.
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Feminism to me means fighting. It's a very nuanced, complex thing, but at the very core of it I'm a feminist because I don't think being a girl limits me in any way.
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On street corners everywhere, people are looking at their cell phones, and it's easy to dismiss this as some sort of bad trend in human culture. But the truth is life is being lived there. When they smile - right, you've seen people stop - all of a sudden, life is being lived there, somewhere up in that weird, dense network.
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Nothing else is required than to act toward God, in the midst of your occupations, as you do, even when busy, toward those who love you and whom you love.
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Every 30 seconds a patient dies from diseases that could be treated with tissue replacement.
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Love shouldn't play by the rules. It's all about chemistry.
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Any new pathway to citizenship is completely off the table ... [Illegal immigrants should be able to get citizenship] the same way as any other immigrant has to do it ... You have to apply for legal permanent residence, be it family-based or employment-based. You shouldn't be treated worse than the people doing it the right way, but I think it would be unconscionable for us to treat them better than the people who are doing it the right way.
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I'm in favor of immigration but we also need rules.
