George Washington Quotes
I have always considered marriage as the most interesting event of one's life, the foundation of happiness or misery.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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There's nothing wrong with a thick eyebrow; Frida Kahlo had them.
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For years, Judaism has been a sort of product put on the religious shelf, and on holidays, we would take it off the shelf and let seculars play with it for a bit. Now, Judaism is going back to being something that more closely touches everyone.
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In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.
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You try to do what you can to bring harmony wherever you go.
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It's unfortunate biologically we have to sleep.
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The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten.
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Even without an economic downturn, women sometimes want to keep their shopping habits to themselves.
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Years ago, I carved out an identity, and it has always been about having a voice to tell people about stuff I love.
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There were a lot of offers before 'Vicky Donor,' but I wanted to wait for the right opportunity.
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Small Faces were really a soul band as far as we were concerned. That's what we listened to; that's what we played, you know? We were pretty much based on Booker T. and the M.G.'s.
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I have sometimes been haunted with the idea that it was an imperative duty, knowing what I know, and having seen what I have seen, to do all that lies in my power to show the dangers and the evils of this frightful institution.
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My bedroom is my sanctuary. It's like a refuge, and it's where I do a fair amount of designing - at least conceptually, if not literally.
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I realised a long time ago that instrumental music speaks a lot more clearly than English, Spanish, Yiddish, Swahili, any other language. Pure melody goes outside time.
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I have a friend that has five kids and she went through a trial separation with her husband, and she didn't have time to be upset. Every now and then, she'd call me on the cell phone and just cry.
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Though my plans at the moment are vague, I can assure you that I'll never run for the Senate in New York.
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What's fascinating is that when you write a script, it's almost a stream of consciousness. You have an idea that it means something, but you're not always sure what. Then when you get on the set, the actors teach you.
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I think of myself as an entertainment arsenal. Like I have my acting bazooka and my music machete. And you don't know what I'm going to come at you with.
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Daisy was a consciously happy young woman without any of the usual endowments that make for conscious happiness, money apart. She was not pretty, she was not clever, she had no friends, no talents, nor even an imagination to make her think she was happy when she was really miserable. As she was never miserable, she had no need of an imagination.
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I think of the Jens Lekman in the songs as a completely different person who's stealing my stories.
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I don't see money or a particular status as an actor as a goal, but I want to do the best work I can in as interesting a range of roles as I can.
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That's what's interesting about the Lower East Side: It's New York, but it's also edgy. It's not as stuffy as Tribeca or Soho.
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There's so many different ways humans have used music to express the spiritual part of our nature and to connect us with the divine. So for me the pathway is through music.
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I have always considered marriage as the most interesting event of one's life, the foundation of happiness or misery.
