Gertrude Atherton Quotes
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The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.
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I'm not Cinderella.
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Most of the offers I get from Hollywood are for teen comedies. My manager thinks I'm crazy for turning down all that money, but I'm very picky.
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Portland, Oregon won't build a mile of road without a mile of bike path. You can commute there, even with that weather, all the time.
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I don't care to be remembered as the man who scored six touchdowns in a game. I want to be remembered as a winner in life.
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First and foremost, I'm a decorator and product designer. Everything I do, the television shows, the books, that comes from the design work. It's what I love.
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In the Middle Ages and beyond, the target was the Court Jew who had the ear of the ruler; during the Inquisition it was the Spanish Jews who thrived after their conversion to Christianity.
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Now, whenever I need to go online, I confine myself to a tight circle: Gmail, MLB.com, NYTimes.com, Slate and maybe Facebook.
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Philip Kitcher thinks that mathematics is surprisingly like empirical science. Few mathematicians would agree; philosophers too, from Socrates on, have held the opposite opinion.
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Why, a quarter of a century after the Cold War, do we still have 28,000 troops in Korea?
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When anyone recognizes you on the street, they are always very nice and genuine and excited to meet you.
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Prior to the United Nations even being formed, Palestine was a country. But the right of the Palestinian people were trampled, and unfortunately, international organizations contributed to those rights being trampled.
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I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
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But I don't think we'll go there until we go back to the moon and develop a technology base for living and working and transporting ourselves through space.
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I've overcome neglect and deprivation, abandonment and abuse.
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America faces a new race that has awakened.
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Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you.
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The military is a place of discipline, technical proficiency, and personal sacrifice for the greater good.
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I think Donald Trump taps into an anger that I hear every day. People are angry that a commonsense thing like securing the border or ending sanctuary cities is somehow considered extreme. It's not extreme; it's common sense. We need to secure the border.
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The more I learn, the less I realize I know.
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I would never shoot down any opportunity to challenge myself or stretch myself.
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There is a lot of strength and intelligence in Hollywood.
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There is only one thing we do know and that is that we do not know anything.
