Mamie Gummer Quotes
Our parents have, by far, the greatest influence on shaping who we are and how we deal with the world.
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Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
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I don't mind talking about 'what might have been,' but I am not one to doubt or regret most of my decisions.
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To be honest, proper recognition has only come from the fans. I don't want to be hard, and I don't want to be negative, but I want to be honest.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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What I do find enormously gratifying is the reviews my books get from the American press. They are so on the ball compared to anywhere else. It's so satisfying to get a review that conveys the reader understood precisely what I was trying to get at.
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Do not deceive or be faithless even with your enemy.
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
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Before Booker T. Washington, we have small business owners but we do not have a philosopher of black entrepreneurship, and that's what Washington was.
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There was no reality to pain when it left one, thought while it held one fast all other realities failed.
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A person isn't who they are during the last conversation you had with them - they're who they've been throughout your whole relationship.
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The gamble of literature is that I make the best work I can; the most truthful, the most representative of how I see things. I try and do that, and then I put it out there and say to you, 'What do you think?' I hope that you think well of it, obviously.
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In the Senate, you can become one of the nation's leading voices on the issues.
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The Washingtonian said it shouldn't be built. The gallery's East Building is now considered a triumph, and members of the American Association of Architects have voted it one of the best buildings of all time.
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You know, I'm fairly intelligent, but I don't think my grades reflected that.
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She discovered with great delight that one does not love one's children just because they are one's children but because of the friendship formed while raising them.
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Going out for rides with my friends and having lunch or dinner at a roadside hotel - that's my favourite time-pass.
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In sub-Saharan Africa, fewer than 1 in 5 girls make it to secondary school.
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I'm never happier than when I'm not working. The strip is a job - that's why I take money for it. It's a job I'm passionate about, but it's a job I totally leave in the studio when I walk out of here, unless I'm late and I have to work at home. I never think of the strip unless I'm compelled to.
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Sports is like literature. People watch it and if it's beautiful and it's non-violent, whatever messages that you see, people can read into it and say, "Wow! You know what? Whatever they're doing over there, it's extraordinary, and maybe that culture is superior to ours in certain ways."
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I love to get out there and sweat and mix things up, whether I'm on the field or in the gym.
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Charles Manson ate apples. That doesn't mean I'm not going to.
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I believe our concept of romantic love is irrational, impossible to fulfill and the cause of many broken homes. No human being can maintain that rarefied atmosphere of 'true love'.
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I can't remember who it was who advocated that you should march with the left and dine with the right but I've often concurred, taking the view that I personify the great tolerance of Britain by consenting to being regally entertained. Besides, there is a degree of truth in the view that while the left are worthier, the right are wittier.
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Our parents have, by far, the greatest influence on shaping who we are and how we deal with the world.
