Deborah Meier Quotes
A passion for learning...isn't something you have to inspire with; it's something you have to keep from extinguishing.
Quotes to Explore
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We think of feminism as an academic subject, but it's not. If you think feminism is academic, you think there's a right or wrong.
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The Palestinian Authority gets money from the American taxpayer.
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I want to be a real artist to consumers. I want to be the real thing for them.
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Law shuttles between freeing us and enslaving us.
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The cliche of what a rock star is - there's something elitist about it. I never related to that. I'm an entertainer. I think of it as, you're performing for people. It's not a self-glorification thing.
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My optimism is not based primarily on the successful march of democracy in recent times but rather is based on the experience of having lived in a fear society and studied the mechanics of tyranny that sustain such a society.
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Public opinion polls are rather like children in a garden, digging things up all the time to see how they're growing.
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Guys back in the day, we didn't have wallets. I never kept my money in my pocket; my money always went in my sock. My key my mom gave me, I put it in my sock - whatever it was.
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You will be courteous to your elders who have explored to the point from which you may advance; and helpful to your juniors who will progress farther by reason of your labors.
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I hate jealousy, I hate possessiveness. I'm nobody's possession.
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Pain is never permanent.
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It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning.
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In 2010, the Spanish constitutional court annulled a large part of the Catalan statute of autonomy negotiated between Catalonia and the previous prime minister, Jose Luis Zapatero. This demolished one of the main agreements achieved during the Spanish transition to democracy - Catalonia's recovery of self-governance.
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In politics, sometimes you have to lie, or you make a promise that you cannot keep.
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I exercise; I have a big career. I'm a parent, and I run a music school.
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Pollution from oil and gas development, toxic runoff, and miles and miles of plastic trash foul the waters and threaten marine life.
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I think I may just enjoy being behind the camera as much as I like being in front of it.
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The system of domination is founded on depriving nations of their true identity. It seeks to deprive nations of their culture, identity, self-confidence and in this way dominate them.
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I read an article somewhere that stated 1 in 4 American women will be considered clinically depressed in their lifetime. This should be more than a gold mine for pharmaceutical companies - it should be a wake-up call.
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I played acoustic guitar so intensely, for so long - for nine hours a day as a 10-year-old, writing songs through the night, on tour constantly from when I was 19 - that I destroyed my arms and shoulders in the process.
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I, like most people, came out to Hollywood to get into movies.
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I was very nervous, excited, and happy to be given the opportunity to even be in the major leagues.
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A passion for learning...isn't something you have to inspire with; it's something you have to keep from extinguishing.
