Frances McDormand Quotes
It could be partly my taste. It's just my belief that there are female characters that will benefit from not being vulnerable.
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Many in Taiwan believe that Hu Jintao is much more sophisticated than his predecessors in understanding Taiwan. He represents a different generation of leaders, more pragmatic, less ideological.
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President Obama's over in Indonesia when guys like me were at a paper route. President Obama, I don't know what experience he had at that same age when he was in Indonesia. So I think it's hard for him to grasp that America entrepreneurial spirit.
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I'm very proud to be British, and my brand is British.
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Mothers who work full time - they're the real heroes.
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I think the silences we have on some issues are inductive of the fact that we need to write about them more, but I think there are some issues you have to write in a sensitive way and in a way that respects the reality of the situation. If you can't do that, you should leave them alone.
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The government in Turkey, which represents the powerful, traditionalist mass, is very comfortable creating policies tailored only for their supporters.
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Younger customers are the future, but older customers have the money. So you need both: one for the present, and the other for the future.
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Katie Holmes is really amazing.
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Fortune and love favor the brave.
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I'm always worried about everything. Like spiders.
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I grew up in a house full of books and parents who read, which led to me to reading from a very young age. And reading seemed to naturally progress to writing.
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I guess I'd love to be surprised by something I had never thought of.
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Plato's philosophy is a dignified preface to future religion.
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I've got to pay $5 for gas just like everybody else.
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I like to work out. I work out hard when I get to it, but it's so sporadic, I'm not sure it counts at all! I eat pretty much anything, but I eat high-quality food. There was never a packet of chips or box of candy in my house when I was growing up. Ever.
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What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.
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The President has been a big proponent of the public option since the campaign.
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Never try to impress a woman, because if you do she'll expect you to keep up the standard for the rest of your life.
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The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.
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How can you hope to recognize good and evil for what they truly are if you have no belief in a moral authority greater than yourself?
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My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep other people's books out of mine.
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I do not believe one can settle how much we ought to give. I am afraid the only safe rule is to give more than we can spare.
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Our world loses out when the leadership doesn't reflect the led - when a minority makes decisions for the majority.
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It could be partly my taste. It's just my belief that there are female characters that will benefit from not being vulnerable.
