Wendy Lesser Quotes
Reading literature is a way of reaching back to something bigger and older and different.

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Unsettling signs of al Qaeda's aims and skills in cyberspace have led some government experts to conclude that terrorists are at the threshold of using the Internet as a direct instrument of bloodshed.
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The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human.
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Jews had an outsider's eye on a lot of Western tradition.
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I'll have the chance to do a production number on A Capitol Fourth.
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Once I had started film, I suddenly said, 'Wow, I love it.' I moved there from New York. But I've always gone back to the theater, and it is more satisfying, really, because you get to give a continuous performance - no sequels.
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Archery requires very sensitive muscles.
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Despite overwhelming support for the United States to adopt English as its official language, we have still not taken that important step.
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I'm really looking forward to working with Meghan Trainor because that's in the pipeline, and I'm eager for it to really happen.
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I know what poverty is.
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You could argue that 'Sweeney Todd' was romantic, if you looked closely at it, but it didn't impart that to its audiences. But it's large, and it's melodramatic, and it's a style I like to work in periodically.
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One of the ugly secrets of the renewable-energy industry is that its products make no economic sense unless they are highly subsidized.
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I could hum Beatles songs before I could talk - not very well, but sort of.
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I like dressing up for dates and dissecting a dinner conversation with a new guy to determine if he might be The One.
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China's own recent history proves that when it opens itself, there is nothing its people cannot accomplish. A more open China will lead to a more prosperous and stable China. That's good for China, the United States and, indeed, the entire world.
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I finally bought a gun because I said if I'm going to get it, I'm taking somebody with me.
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There are things about our world that almost by their nature defy our ability to comprehend them. Some people use a religious register to deal with that - they call it God and that's a way of domesticating it.
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You only get one chance at life and you have to grab it boldly.
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I'm very confident in my sexuality, and I really don't like talking about my romantic life in the press.
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In the developing world, people often use quite basic technology. Many of the most imaginative schemes are using what we'd count as old tech.
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The kind of people who always go on about whether a thing is in good taste invariably have very bad taste.
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When I was on the radio, I used to be able to go a lot farther than I can now. You don't really remember until you're on the radio again, sometimes in your old radio station and sitting with the guys you used to work with and you go, 'Oh yeah, I can't say these things anymore. I'm handcuffed.'
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I never dress appropriately in terms of comfort, but I wear what I'm feeling. I often to like to feel a little different from everyone else.
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TVXQ has always chased after different music styles, and their members all have very strong talents.
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Reading literature is a way of reaching back to something bigger and older and different.