Wendy Kaminer Quotes
In its more authoritarian forms, religion punishes questioning and rewards gullibility. Faith is not a function of stupidity, but a frequent cause of it.
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I swear allegiance to the Republic of Sudan.
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I'm not interested in celebrity.
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You want, as an artist, to be pushing yourself to do what you haven't done before.
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You can't propel a nation to move forward if all you are doing is taking something from them.
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I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
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I've spent a lot of my life among people brighter than myself.
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Our choices are going to determine the future for our children, our children's children, and their children. I take that responsibility very seriously.
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I always wanted to play with Kobe Bryant. I used to tease him all the time. Every time I was a free agent, I was like, 'What's up, bro? You got a chance to get the pit that you need. You feel me? This is your chance.'
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Usually in features, I'm the lead. I consider the director the captain, but I consider myself the first mate, and it's up to me to keep in contact with the heart of the crew.
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By the end of the 1950s, American cars were so reliable that their reliability went without saying even in car ads. Thousands of them bear testimony to this today, still running on the roads of Cuba though fueled with nationalized Venezuelan gasoline and maintained with spit and haywire.
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Standardized testing is at cross purposes with many of the most important purposes of public education. It doesn't measure big-picture learning, critical thinking, perseverance, problem solving, creativity or curiosity, yet those are the qualities great teaching brings out in a student.
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No man should go through life without once experiencing healthy, even bored solitude in the wilderness, finding himself depending solely on himself and thereby learning his true and hidden strength. Learning for instance, to eat when he's hungry and sleep when he's sleepy.
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Nature is like parting a curtain, you go into it. I want to draw a certain response like this.. ..that quality of response from people when they leave themselves behind, often experienced in nature, an experience of simple joy.. .My paintings are about merging, about formlessness.. .A world without objects, without interruption.
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I really like beef jerky. If we go to a gas station, I have to buy beef jerky.
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I love being a very personal singer-songwriter, but I also like being a scientist or explorer.
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I'd rather look like a hobo and be super comfortable than wear something not comfortable.
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It's a difficult journey when you're going through a divorce, is it not, for anyone?
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We will watch very carefully what is happening in the economy and adjust policies appropriate.
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Do not put off today's work for tomorrow.
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As one recalls some of the monstrous situations under which human beings have lived and live their lives, one marvels at man's meekness and complacency. It can only be explained by the quality of flesh to become calloused to situations that if faced suddenly would provoke blisters and revolt.
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As you probably know, I've written a lot about the presidency, so it's obviously exciting when you get to interview a president and write about it.
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Matt Braunger really makes me laugh; I like that guy a lot.
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True character arises from a deeper well than religion.
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In its more authoritarian forms, religion punishes questioning and rewards gullibility. Faith is not a function of stupidity, but a frequent cause of it.
