Claudia Kennedy Quotes
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I received my parents' permission and went into the Navy on June 3, 1941.
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I really try at least to come back and answer the question as to whether that was really the best way to do that and was I really thinking straight and how did my opponents behave and how did the judges behave was needed.
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I just look at all the fruit and all the people's lives that are being changed and are being touched. And that's what we really focus on because we hear - every day we get mail, we visit with people, and their lives are being changed.
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If you think about it, a lot of great horror films have bad sequels just because the market demands you to make the other one right away. Thank God no one in the 'Evil Dead' family thinks that way.
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One of the pleasures of getting older and making a living the way you want to is that your social circle becomes rarified, and the people who enter have been vetted.
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I am deeply aware of the dimension of luck. It's so important to be prepared to receive it, but it is a major factor. There's no question.
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I once had someone say to me in an interview, 'You are more ugly on the screen than in real life.'
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I owe everything to France.
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As humans, we're going to make mistakes. It's what makes us human, and most of the time, the most effective way of learning is from a mistake.
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Each color lives by its mysterious life.
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I think songwriting is the ultimate form of being able to make anything that happens in your life productive.
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Senegal needs a renaissance.
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Being halfway through my life, I think we start feeling less invincible and we start thinking more about the important things.
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The next time you experience a blackout, take some solace by looking at the sky. You will not recognize it.
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Schools should be places of learning and joy, not testing and agita.
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I don't like standing and talking in front of lots of people.
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I think there's a lot of anesthesia being - that's been pumped into American culture, the mass media television, various forms of entertainment, and the illusion of wealth that we now understand to be an illusion as well as the illusion that America is a world power.
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You shall create beauty not to excite the senses but to give sustenance to the soul.
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I am proud of what I have got and I need an audience.
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A house built on granite and strong foundations, not even the onslaught of pouring rain, gushing torrents and strong winds will be able to pull down.
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The thing about New York is you can leave your house without a plan and find the day. You can't do that in Los Angeles. You need to get in your car, all this, you can't just drive around like a lunatic. In New York, you can literally walk outside, and wind up anywhere.
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I went to school to study literature and writing, even though I didn't end up really doing that in the end. I thought I would be a teacher, but I didn't really think about it in any practical way.
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What is so remarkable about the success of affirmative action is that it has been accomplished despite the Justice Department and the policies of the federal government.
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One of the most effective organizations in our government. It is responsive. It is changing and highly accountable.
