Gertrude Atherton Quotes
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Even when Facebook came out, and I was in college, I found myself never putting anything on it.
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Youth all over the world are very hungry to succeed.
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Any artist who aligns themselves with a politician is making a category error because what politicians do is not on a human scale, it is on a geopolitical scale.
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You learn in this business: It you want a friend, get a dog.
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Storytelling is the game. It's what we all do. It's why Nike is Nike, it's why Apple is Apple, it's why Walt Disney built Disney World and it's why Vince McMahon makes a billion dollars.
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Poking fun at other people's beliefs, while it may seem frivolous and offensive, is a non-negotiable right. It is a principle that underpins free speech, the basis for progress.
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The President has been a big proponent of the public option since the campaign.
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Did any artist ever bring more pure joy to more people than Fred Astaire?
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I have experienced a murderer among my friends. Many, many years ago. At close range I have seen the impact of it. I knew the victim, I went to the funeral, I have been to the house, to the specific room where the killing took place, and I was stunned by it. It's such a blow.
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I'm confident and really optimistic.
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I believe in the paramount importance of entertainment, but I have something to say.
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My grandparents on my father's side came to this country from the Caribbean with a strong connection to Africa and no shame about it.
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I've got two Rolexes that I'm very proud of - a gold Presidential that was a gift and a white gold one I gifted myself. I'm trying to step my game up and get a few more of those.
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I make a dog-friendly version of almost everything that we make for dinner.
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I've seen some very beautiful drag queens.
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They need help, and we have helped, and we are here to help. And we are helping, and we're going to continue to help.
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I think technology is spreading, and I think one's experience of technology is going to relate increasingly to class - not so much to country.
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The industrial economy which divides society absolutely into two portions, the payers of wages and the receivers of them, the first counted by thousands and the last by millions, is neither fit for, nor capable of, indefinite duration: and the possibility of changing this system for one of combination without dependence, and unity of interest instead of organized hostility, depends altogether upon the future developments of the Partnership principle.
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When frying small fish, disturb them little.
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Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.
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The memory of the aged becomes clearer and clearer with time. It has no pity.
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When the machine had been fastened with a wire to the track, so that it could not start until released by the operator, and the motor had been run to make sure that it was in condition, we tossed a coin to decide who should have the first trial. Wilbur won.
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I do not stick to rules when cooking. I rely on my imagination.
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No loose fish enters our quiet bay.
