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 don't want my life to be about a house and a car.
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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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Under the Constitution, giving 'aid and comfort' to a wartime enemy can lead to a charge of treason.
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Free speech has a very small constituency on the modern campus, particularly if the speaker under attack is conservative.
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I'm not likely to forget where I've been and what I've done and learned. I think it's just as important to play new instruments as to play new pieces. The old ones are getting scarcer and the new ones more and more wonderful.
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The power of emotions as drivers of behaviour, especially when survival is perceived as being at stake, needs to be recognised and taken into account at all levels of society and governance.
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Let the poor man count as his enemy, and his worst enemy, every invader of the right of free discussion.
