Elise M. Boulding Quotes
War is not inherent in human beings. We learn war and we learn peace. The culture of peace is something which is learned, just as violence is learned and war culture is learned.
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I was a hot-dog stand lady, I was an orphan housemother, I was a waitress 3 or 4 times. All of those jobs did not have good bosses. They basically told you what to do, when to do and when to hop. And I just didn't like that very much.
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By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs of the society in which it was made.
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Whatever road you've been given, enjoy that road.
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I was taking my first uncertain steps towards writing for children when my own were young. Reading aloud to them taught me a great deal when I had a great deal to learn. It taught me elementary things about rhythm and pace, the necessary musicality of text.
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I always had career goals. And I figured out a path I wanted to take to accomplish those goals. If that meant calling the best modeling agency in the world, that's what it meant.
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The one indisputable reality of dictatorship is that dissent, insult, and malevolent language do not go unpunished if it is allowed at all.
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You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth, by being earnest.
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I have a mantra in my head that there will always be another meal. I can put my fork down, knowing there will be good things in my future!
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Acting was a way of me finding myself, which I think is the case of a lot of actors, regardless of where they come from.
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Opinions differ most when there is least scientific warrant for having any.
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I will always be open to receive my friends. I will not force myself on them.
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This dark diction has become America's addiction.
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When someone becomes successful or rich and famous, people perceive that person as being different. But I'm the same guy I've always been.
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Politics, I now understand, is at its best when it enlightens us via an opponent's insight.
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Remember this son, if you forget everything else. A poet is a musician who can’t sing. Words have to find a man’s mind before they can touch his heart. And, some men’s minds are woeful small targets. Music touches their hearts directly, no matter how small or stubborn the mind of the man who listens.
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Politics is a game of compromise.
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As soon as the love relationship does not lead me to me, as soon as I in a love relationship do not lead another person to himself, this love, even if it seems to be the most secure and ecstatic attachment I have ever experienced, is not true love. For real love is dedicated to continual becoming.
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I was in romantic relationships with girls - whatever that means at 14.
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Gun control means control. It means control for the government and the government starts controlling the people.
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I think we as a country have definitely got to do better when it comes to housing people of all backgrounds. Not only can the less fortunate afford housing but fewer people of all kinds can afford it.
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'Vanity' means worthlessness.
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Skating was the vessel into which I could pour my heart and soul.
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Every married man who wants peace in the relationship, should learn the trick to avoid that one question - 'How is the food?'
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War is not inherent in human beings. We learn war and we learn peace. The culture of peace is something which is learned, just as violence is learned and war culture is learned.
