Eglantyne Jebb Quotes
All wars, whether just or unjust, disastrous or victorious, are waged against the child.
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Technology has enabled government to have investigative and situational awareness on a scale and scope that were science fiction when the Stasi shut its doors.
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My dad was a designer for Upper Deck, and I had hundreds of Ken Griffey Jr. cards. Hundreds. I could have paid for college with them.
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Honestly, I find writing to be a very lonely job.
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I was the highest-paid street performer, probably, in the history of Chicago. I was making like $800 a day.
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I like to think of myself as classy.
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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My biggest asset is not cash - it's a large, growing, devout fanbase.
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I've met actors where you think, if only you could just clean up your act and get it together, people would want to work with you. Some people are so difficult, it's just not worth working with them.
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When we think back at our youth, we always remember the feeling of freedom... that you actually believe in the world. Even if it goes well for you in life, you can never attain that freedom in your imagination of what you think life could be. We are tainted.
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I always feel more comfortable in chaotic surroundings. I don't know why that is. I think order is dull. There is something about this kind of desire for order, particularly in Anglo Saxon cultures, that drive out this ability for the streets to become a really exotic, amorphous, chaotic, organic place where ideas can, basically, develop.
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A group of white South Africans recently killed a black lawyer because he was black. That was wrong. They should have killed him because he was a lawyer.
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Every single movie I go up for I'm just checking the phone to see if the e-mail's come in, to see if I got the part yet, which makes me more anxious.
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We made air attacks on the Japanese anchorage, sinking and damaging several vessels. However, the Japanese were alerted to the fact that American carriers were nearby.
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I'm at Miramax now, where I've actually been treated like a Prince.
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I respect hippos. They just look the way they do; they can't do anything about it, but they don't seem bothered.
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Our standards for motherhood are so high that many of us harbor intense, secret guilt for every harsh word we speak to our children, every negative thought that enters our minds.
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I never drink water. I'm afraid it will become habit-forming.
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When you're trying to expand your business, it's about real estate in the stores.
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Perfectly ordered disorder designed with a helter-skelter magnificence.
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I will always have a career. I believe in working. I don't believe that taking care of your house and children is enough for a woman. You don't feel complete.
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Freelancers are 'free' because they take risks - they don't like being told what to do. That's both exciting and daunting, because you have to police you.
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The lesson of the Cold War is that against nuclear weapons, only nuclear weapons can hold the peace.
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It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.
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All wars, whether just or unjust, disastrous or victorious, are waged against the child.
