George Dawson Quotes
Things will be all right. People need to hear that. Life is good, just as it is. There isn't anything I would change about my life.
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In our culture, the shame about accidental pregnancy is inextricable from the shame about having had sex. That disapproval of sex is one reason our record with contraception is so poor. If you're not supposed to be sexual, you don't plan for sex. You cross your fingers and hope for the best.
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Weddings are really good for making you feel terrible about yourself if you're not where you want to be in life.
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I reach my readers regardless of what the critics have written.
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It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did.
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The Sherpas play a very important role in most mountaineering expeditions, and in fact many of them lead along the ridges and up to the summit.
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Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be.
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I've come to learn that the determined and gifted and genuine sociopath has far more power to deceive than we realize.
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The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood.
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Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
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Oddly, a search for 'jeggings' in my email inbox shows that my first exposure to the phenomenon came from - wait for it - Mike Allen of 'Politico,' who helpfully explained the concept on December 20, 2009.
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What interests me is starting businesses on our own, finding ideas that we can support, and simply investing in invention.
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I work with a lot of kids. Every year, for the past fifteen years, I work at Comedy Camp where I work with a lot of kids.
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I would say issues around human rights - either you're going to take a hard stance, or you're not. You can't borrow money from China the way the U.S. has done and then turn around and say, 'But you've got a human-rights problem.' You can't be half pregnant.
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The tracks on 'Sleep' were recorded live to 2-track. I did a fadeout or two of them, but that's really it.
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Scientists are not movie stars or politicians who will feel insulted if they are not showered with accolades. Scientists are not interested in accolades.
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I didn't know that I could do a talk show. I didn't know that we could bring variety to daytime. I didn't know that people wanted to see singing, and dancing and comedy in the morning.
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'Vogue' is a very specific world. You are 'Vogue,' or not 'Vogue.'
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I feel the emotion that life conjures up and the songs I write get me closer to my feelings and realising who I am. It's a natural process.
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I was unhappy and so is every soul unhappy which is tied to its love for mortal things; when it loses them, it is torn in pieces, and it is then that it comes to realize the unhappiness which was there even before it lost them.
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I was holding a reserve inside all along. When you're with someone as powerful as Donald, you have no choice. You can get lost within that power if you're not careful.
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For the young people here: practicality is a good thing. There are times where compromise is necessary. That's part of wisdom. But it's also important to hang on to what you believe.
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The way I pack is I look at how long I'll be gone and I pack day for day. If I'm going on a three-day fishing trip, I plot each day. I put most of that in a little bag. If I'm going from there to work on golf courses for a few days, I plot that trip.
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Getting books out into the world helps us all.
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Things will be all right. People need to hear that. Life is good, just as it is. There isn't anything I would change about my life.
