Barbara Grizzuti Harrison Quotes
The most painful moral struggles are not those between good and evil, but between the good and the lesser good.
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I don't want to come off like the jealous brother who wasn't getting the attention, but it was like no one was really into me anyway. I wasn't really a priority.
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When it comes to memories of that iconic type, memories that are burned into you, I have maybe ten or so from my childhood. I'm a bad rememberer of situations. I forget almost everything as soon as it happens.
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At my father's request I took up the study of law at the University of Zurich In 1863.
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In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.
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My primary influences were the best jazz players from the 50's and 60's and later some of the pop people from the same time period along with the better of the well known blues musicians.
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A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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I don't usually wear a lot of makeup because I tend to like a natural look.
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Let the path be open to talent.
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The very first thing I ever did, I was doing some work for the French Cultural Center. They wanted a little recording set up. And I got wire. A wire recorder. The wire came off spools, and to cut and edit, you tied it together in little square knots. Can you imagine?
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Success is about dedication. You may not be where you want to be or do what you want to do when you're on the journey. But you've got to be willing to have vision and foresight that leads you to an incredible end.
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I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
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We adore chaos because we love to produce order.
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You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.
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In 1960, John F. Kennedy rode a superior televised debate performance to victory over Richard Nixon.
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We want every human being in the womb to be safe, not have these babies be killed to solve some dilemma.
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I think there's a big misconception out there about actors and the choices they have.
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I like the challenge of creating a world with only sentences.
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I've always thought John Travolta is one of the greatest movie stars Hollywood has ever produced.
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I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
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We work very closely together on the issue of annexation of Crimea and Russia’s attempt to actually conquer Ukraine. And actually they did so - conquered part of the territory. We tried to come to a peaceful settlement here on this.
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Men have desired, and justly, that women should learn from their confessions in regard to the conflict between man and woman. But woman, because of the conventional conception of womanly purity, has been intimidated from conceding to men a deep insight into her erotic life experiences.
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I really believe that what happens one day affects the next, and I think that came from that experience of learning that if I told the score inning by inning, play by play, it built up to its natural climax.
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The good in this world far outweighs the evil. Our common humanity transcends our differences, and our most effective response to terror is compassion, it's unity, and it's love.
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The most painful moral struggles are not those between good and evil, but between the good and the lesser good.
