Frances Perkins Quotes
He didn’t like concentrated responsibility. Agreement with other people who he thought were good, right minded, and trying to do the right thing by the world was almost as necessary to him as air to breathe.
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The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.
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In the '70s... there were rock players, and there were jazz players.
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Even though I'm Hispanic, I'm so white.
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There are times, especially when I was just getting into PC gaming, where I spent way less time playing than obsessing about the quality of the play.
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We are not opposed to public transportation. We are opposed to wasteful boondoggles.
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I've never met a woman who thinks they've got a good enough figure - however perfect they look - which is sad, because no one else can see these perceived flaws; they're entirely internal.
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I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure bottomlessness forever. Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.
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In fact, the socialization gives us the tools to fill our evolutionary roles. They are our building blocks.
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A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.
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I put my thoughts in a book, which must mean I don't want anyone to read them.
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I am an ardent supporter of capitalism - but I also understand that while individuals have inalienable, God-given rights, corporations do not.
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What makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation.
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There are a lot of people who consider themselves 'spiritual,' but that can mean a lot of things to a lot of people. I don't really talk about it that often, because there's too much talk in the world. Especially with Christians, there's more proselytizing than there is actual living proof of it. That's kind of sad.
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There's a finite amount of time on this planet for each of us. Sometimes, the only way we figure out how to deal with that reality - knowing that there will be an end to every story, and you don't know how many chapters are left in your book - is by living in denial.
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Stealing things is a glorious occupations, particularly in the art world.
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I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be the first Jackie Chan.
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I'm going to say my favorite thing is to eat salads, and I'll be like the altar boy.
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What is right, what is wrong, how can anyone say? I view very, very, few things as Right with a capital R.
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All writers - all people - have their stores of private and family legends which lie like a collection of half-forgotten, often violent toys on the floor of memory.
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No matter how many people try, no matter how many fancy songwriters in Los Angeles try to break it down to a formula... to an extent, there isn't a science to writing great songs, I suppose.
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The best thing about New York is working late into the night. At 1 in the morning on a Saturday, to be still working, there's an immense satisfaction in being enclosed by it.
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It's no good to shoot a guy anymore. It's not enough. Nobody is throwing anybody off of buildings after seeing these movies, but they are smoking after seeing some good-looking celebrity smoke.
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To me so deep a silence portends some dread event; a clamorous sorrow wastes itself in sound.
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He didn’t like concentrated responsibility. Agreement with other people who he thought were good, right minded, and trying to do the right thing by the world was almost as necessary to him as air to breathe.
