Candice Millard Quotes
With the Lincoln assassination, the South didn't feel it could mourn along with the North. But Garfield was beloved by all the American people. He was trusted and respected by North and South, by freed slaves and former slave owners. Also by pioneers, which his parents had been, and by immigrants.
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Nobody should be sent indefinitely into detention; everybody should have their day in court.
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I am no fashion diva - I grew up on the beaches in South Africa and am a nature girl that spends a lot of time outdoors. Fashion speaks to me through an occasion.
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America is not the center of the universe.
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And when did mere preaching do any good? Put something in the place of these things. Fill the vacuum of the mind.
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There is nothing, really, that I wouldn't write about, and I do write about a lot of grim things.
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I think what you wear really does need to reflect what your own personal style is.
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Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men.
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As awful as crime can be, it's what happens afterward - the struggling to get out of bed, to put one foot in front of the other - that alters people.
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Curiosity does, no less than devotion, pilgrims make.
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We encourage the growth of women's hockey.
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Jazz is progressive, and it's alive.
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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I think that most people who hire me to do a remix just want it to work in a nightclub, whereas when I'm writing my own album, I don't have to worry so much about 2 A.M.
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Actors should never be important. Only directors should have power and place.
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Is your remarkably sexist drivel intentional, or just some horrible mistake?
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I am a survivor and not a victim. Life isn't perfect. When you get a knock, you have to get up, dust yourself down and get on with it.
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When it comes down to the music, it's just you and the microphone. It's not you and the record execs.
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We live in a culture that expects instantaneous gratification for everything, and the web has only enhanced that in many ways. It empowers in many ways, but it also makes people believe 'I should have everything right now.'
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I miss my pre-Internet brain, but that doesn't help anything. We can only go forward.
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You've got to play for whoever you play for.
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With the Lincoln assassination, the South didn't feel it could mourn along with the North. But Garfield was beloved by all the American people. He was trusted and respected by North and South, by freed slaves and former slave owners. Also by pioneers, which his parents had been, and by immigrants.
