Gerrit Smith Quotes
Let the poor man count as his enemy, and his worst enemy, every invader of the right of free discussion.
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Justice is never given; it is exacted.
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I've been able to work with great directors in Israel.
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I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
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Never, and I mean never, allow anyone else's ideas of who you can or can't become sully your dream or pollute your imagination. This is your territory, and a 'Keep Out' sign is a great thing to erect at all entrances to your imagination.
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There's the part of my life that the public and I share together. And there's the part that's mine to keep for myself. And that's mine. For me.
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The corporate right fires up the religious right against gay marriage and abortion and uses their votes to push their deregulation and tax cuts for the rich. It's an old trick. The House of Saud has the same arrangement with the Mullahs in Saudi Arabia.
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One of the things I would love for people to think about is social responsibility. If you are fortunate enough to be someone who owns land, I think you ought to be making the most efficient use of that land possible.
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The best shows succeed because they tap into a national conversation.
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It's every boy's dream to play a superhero.
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I don't steer towards anything. I steer towards character and truth. If it's funny then so be it. If it's dramatic, so be it. I just steer towards characters.
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Happiness is an attitude of mind, born of the simple determination to be happy under all outward circumstances.
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They have to be able to spark my interest so I want to pursue it, and they have to have an awesome personality, really laid-back. All those things are sexy to me.
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I have the same sense of the power and virtue of knowledge that some people get from a religious background.
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I daresay anything can be made holy by being sincerely worshipped.
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I loafe and invite my soul.
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I do not think one should chase the fashions of the day, concerning neither sweaters nor opinions.
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Lies run sprints but the truth runs marathons.
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Making a great television show is hard enough. To also tackle F. Scott - whoa.
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It's a mission for me to make sure that philanthropy doesn't feel like a vintage hand-me-down from mom or dad. I want people to feel compelled to do something positive because they just love it, they're excited about it, and it's cool.
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When I was in school, I used to look out the window and see the big red double-deck buses driving by. It just looked so free.
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A satyagrahi loves his so-called enemy even as he loves his friend. He has no enemy.
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We come into relationships often very much identified with our needs. I need this, I need security, I need refuge, I need friendship. And all of relationships are symbiotic in that sense. We come together because we fulfill each others' needs at some level or other.
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We nearly always make ourselves masters of those whom we know well, because he who is thoroughly understood is in some sense subject to those who understand him.
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Let the poor man count as his enemy, and his worst enemy, every invader of the right of free discussion.
