George Herbert Palmer Quotes
I am defeated, and know it, if I meet any human being from whom I find myself unable to learn anything.
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I don't plan on being bashful.
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I don't suppose anybody's ever enjoyed being who they are more than Arnold's enjoyed being Arnold Palmer.
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I hate being called an 'icon.' I just don't like it. That's all there is to it.
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I could see that, if not actually disgruntled, he was far from being gruntled.
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Being on 'The Sopranos' definitely prepared me for the militant secrecy of 'Mad Men.'
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Historical science is being left in the dust.
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Try imagining James Joyce not writing about being a Catholic.
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Sometimes women who are taller aren't comfortable with it, but I love being tall.
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Being, in the testimony it gives of itself, informs us not only about what it is but also about what we owe it.
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At Harvard, I got to meet and have dinner with Jamaica Kincaid. Just to have conversations with professors was absolutely amazing.
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Fashion is that thing that saved me from being sad.
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When you meet the love of your life, it's just obvious and natural and easier.
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He who stops being better stops being good.
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At the height of the McCarthy period, writers were being hounded.
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I love being from Wisconsin.
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You'll never meet a nicer guy than Owen Wilson.
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It's bizarre to be given an award for being empathetic and kind, which is what we all should be.
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The best thing about being Children's Laureate has definitely been all the children and teens I've met.
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When I started training to fight, it was more out of boredom than anything. I was looking for more things to do. I started with boxing, and my coaches told me I had a lot of potential and that I should consider making it a career. I was like, 'Whatever.' I was just 15 at the time, and I never imagined something like that.
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I'd like to quit the supernatural roles and play just an interesting, down-to-earth person.
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If any overarching conclusion emerges from the Afghan and Iraq Wars (and from their Israeli equivalents), it's this: victory is a chimera.
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Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.
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One thing I'm not sure of - and it's a very open question - is whether the type of politics that I represent really has had its day or not. Now I obviously believe passionately it hasn't, that it's still the answer and not the problem, and, you know, the evidence points both ways.
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I am defeated, and know it, if I meet any human being from whom I find myself unable to learn anything.
