Parker Palmer Quotes
Whether we're Democrats or Republicans or independents, we have to learn to hang together or we're gonna hang separately.
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By adopting a wonderful mutt, you'll save a life and help reduce animal homelessness while also boosting your chances of a more robust new furry friend, as mixed-breed dogs have demonstrated better health and longer life spans than their purebred cousins.
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Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
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I don't take success and failure seriously. The only thing I do seriously is march forward. If I fall, I get up and march again.
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Age has been the perfect fire extinguisher for flaming youth.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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The struggle to get weapons is continuous, but the United States will aid us, if it finds Israel displaying a willingness for peace.
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Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth.
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Denied anything ardently desired, the individual or state will argue and parley just so long - then, if the impelling motive be sufficiently great, will cast aside every rule and break down every acquired inhibition, plunging viciously after the object wished; all the more fantastically savage because of previous repression.
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Americans are more likely to watch a film in their own language. For the rest of the world, it doesn't matter so much.
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Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.
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The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.
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Being Iraqi taught me to be very cautious.
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I am obsessed with the whole Victoriana thing, the whole Jack the Ripper London era, the grayness of it, the haunted feeling of it, all ancient and bloody.
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Hairdressing in general hasn't been given the kudos it deserves. It's not recognised by enough people as a worthy craft.
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My children forgave me at a time when I could barely forgive myself.
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I suppose I shouldn't go around admitting I speak untruths on the radio. When I say something untrue on the air, I mean for it to be transparently untrue. I assume people know when I'm just saying something for effect. Or to be funny.
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With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive.
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The mathematics of rhythm are universal. They don't belong to any particular culture.
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Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man's eyes.
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An important art of politicians is to find new names for institutions which under old names have become odious to the public.
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Government is a collective unity. There is no decision by cabinet which can be attributed to one individual.
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I think Patrick will tell you, hey, it was bad decisions, ... Hopefully, what you do is learn from some bad experiences.
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Coming to New York to go to school and being very far away from my own family, I definitely found myself piecing together my sort of chosen family here, and I have friends that I'm still very close with, that we all met at the same time and have become a huge part of each other's lives.
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Whether we're Democrats or Republicans or independents, we have to learn to hang together or we're gonna hang separately.
