Gertrude Atherton Quotes
No matter how hard a man may labor, some woman is always in the background of his mind. She is the one reward of virtue.
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I don't think the Middle East could afford another war.
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It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.
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The trip to Iraq confirmed that I made the right decision when I voted against lending Iraq the $18 billion the United States plans to use to help rebuild the country.
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By admitting your inadequacies, you show that you're self-aware enough to know your areas for improvement - and secure enough to be open about them.
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I love making films, and as long as I love the subject, I just have a crazy amount of passion and energy for the project.
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I have to say that getting to tackle Maria in 'The Sound of Music' at Carnegie Hall was surreal. When I heard my voice, it was all I could do to keep myself from doing a British accent and sound like Julie Andrews!
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I don't think that when I'm acting I feel like I lose myself to it, but that sense of losing, that sense of discomfort, well, I guess maybe that comes a bit! It's about redefining what 'uncomfortable' means for you.
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While day by day the overzealous student stores up facts for future use, he who has learned to trust nature finds need for ever fewer external directions. He will discard formula after formula, until he reaches the conclusion: Let nature take its course.
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Life is an end in itself, and the only question as to whether it is worth living is whether you have had enough of it.
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You never know what events are going to transpire to get you home.
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Poetry is necessary, but is the poet?
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I was booed at the premiere of 'Miss Julie,' a remarkably stimulating experience.
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What is more comforting to the terrorists around the world: the failure to pass the 9/11 legislation because we lacked a majority of the majority,' or putting aside partisan politics to enact tough new legislation with America's security foremost in mind?
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Metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct; but to find these reasons is no less an instinct.
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Whenever I'm in Kansas City, I think back to all the jazz-blues greats who played the blues here - like Count Basie, Charlie Parker and Jay McShann. I watched those guys jam in different places and heard a lot of things - but I couldn't do what they did. They were too good.
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Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.
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Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.
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No other country in the world does what we do. On every issue, the world turns to us, not simply because of the size of our economy or our military might - but because of the ideals we stand for, and the burdens we bear to advance them.
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The task for sociology is to come to the help of the individual. We have to be in service of freedom. It is something we have lost sight of.
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And if you take the cameras out of the courtroom, then you hide, I think, a certain measure of truth from the public, and I think that's very important for the American public to know.
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Too often an institution serves to bless the majority opinion. Today when too many move to the rhythmic beat of the status quo, whoever would be a Christian must be a nonconformist.
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How can I make difference so that I may bring peace to this world that I love and cherish so much? A name flickers instantly in my mind.
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No matter how hard a man may labor, some woman is always in the background of his mind. She is the one reward of virtue.
