Barbara Jordan Quotes
We must not become the new puritans and reject our society. We must address and master the future together. It can be done if we restore the belief that we share a sense of national community, that we share a common national endeavor. It can be done.
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There are a lot of bad people out there.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face.
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When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
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I had to have shoulder reconstruction.
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I never felt a need to manipulate my career from the outside - try to be someone I wasn't to get ahead.
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I try and sit on the fence because as soon as you voice any kind of opinion, people begin to think you're an idiot.
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It must be a balance in everything we do, not too much of everything, keep it simple, not complicated.
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Putin is going to do what Putin is going to do.
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When you're 16, the top of the world is directing a gangster movie.
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You don't need to raise taxes on rich people, because they create capitalization and investment. But you need to tax speculation - meaning capital gains.
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I couldn't be more proud to introduce Anne-Marie Duff, a phenomenal actress who is bursting on the world stage, to Broadway audiences as Lady Macbeth.
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I never was in the Nation of Islam... I mean, what I call myself is a natural Muslim, 'cause it's just me and God. You know, going to the mosque, the ritual and the tradition, it's just not in me to do. So I don't do it.
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People think that I can just walk into a room and get a job, but of the 200 interviews and auditions I go through a year, I may get three yeses. I just have to use my sense of humour to get me through.
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Cliff Stearns talks about what he did to Planned Parenthood, making Solyndra a household name - why didn't he do this sooner? Why didn't he see it coming? It's the oversight committee, not the hindsight committee.
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It's part of me, Scotland. I'm still immersed in it even though I am not there.
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All of Hollywood was convinced that 'Gone with the Wind' would be a colossal disaster and rather hoped it would be.
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Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.
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I treat paintings as I treat objects. If a window in a picture looks wrong, I close it and draw the curtains, just as I would do in my own room.
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Classical physics has been superseded by quantum theory: quantum theory is verified by experiments. Experiments must be described in terms of classical physics.
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America is about class. To pretend that it isn't is very ignorant. No society has ever existed without some kind of a ruling class.
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Statesmen think in terms of history and view society as an organism. Prophets are different since they believe absolute aims can be achieved in the foreseeable future. More people have been killed by crusaders than by statesmen.
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A lot of horror movies just look at how they can scare people, and no matter which character dies, you don't ever really feel enough to actually care.
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We must not become the new puritans and reject our society. We must address and master the future together. It can be done if we restore the belief that we share a sense of national community, that we share a common national endeavor. It can be done.
