Edith Green Quotes
I've always argued that it is just as desirable, just as possible, to have philosopher plumbers as philosopher kings.
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There has to be a balance between power and vulnerability. That's something I feel I have in my own life, something I struggle with and - on a good day - like about myself.
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I started cooking out of middle school depression.
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In dating, the question is how many Tinder knockoffs are we going to have, and are any of them going to take off?
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I am most attached to my mother, who always travels with me when I am on an outdoor location or abroad. She is my friend, who I share everything with.
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We think of bitcoin as mobile. It's not one company; it's broad.
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At heart, I'm a relationship guy, but my adventurous side makes it hard. I hope I'll find a balance.
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I try to choose the songs that really are basically coming from my heart. I think that through the songs that I select, people know what's going on in my life.
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The thing about stand-up was, not only was I getting to write it without anybody saying I couldn't do it, but I got to perform it. It just kind of became therapy for me. I had just gotten through a break-up and I was talking about it a lot.
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Whatever results you get, learn and grow from it and move on to the next one.
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A people's memory is history; and as a man without a memory, so a people without a history cannot grow wiser, better.
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I pulled Lena's necklace out of my pocket. I let the charms roll around in my palm, but they were tangled and meaningless without her. The necklace was heavier than I imagined, or maybe it was the weight of my conscience.
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What makes a scientist great is the care that he takes in telling you what is wrong with his results, so that you will not misuse them.
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I find being a mother harder than I though it was going to be. That is a tremendous revelation for me personally. Much more time, more care, more attention and more effort needs to be spent on care for the children. That will save the world at large.
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... a woman who is not feminine is a monster in creation.
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Having to struggle gave me the chance to demonstrate strength of character.
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Stress comes from the way you relate to events or situations.
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War's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
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As for solitude, I cannot understand how certain people seek to lay claim to intellectual stature, nobility of soul and strength of character, yet have not the slightest feeling for seclusion; for solitude, I maintain, when joined with a quiet contemplation of nature, a serene and conscious faith in creation and the Creator, and a few vexations from outside is the only school for a mind of lofty endowment.
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If one completes the journey to one's own heart, one will find oneself in the heart of everyone else.
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It is manifestly contrary to the law of nature, however defined, that a handful of people should gorge themselves with superfluities while the hungry majority goes in need of necessities.
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I've always argued that it is just as desirable, just as possible, to have philosopher plumbers as philosopher kings.
