Alan Hovhaness Quotes
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A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon.
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I never want to hold myself up as the poster child of the successful mother-businesswoman. It's a total 'Gong Show.' I won't pretend. When you do so many things, something always suffers. You just can't be great at everything.
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It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.
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At the Department of Justice, our ability to fulfill our responsibilities - to advocate for victims, to vigorously pursue misconduct, to seek justice in all its forms - depends on public confidence in the institutions we represent.
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I've always been attracted to women who are assertive and have confidence - qualities older women possess. They've been on the Earth a little longer. They're more seasoned. They don't play games. They know what they want, and they're not afraid to tell you.
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When people read 'Breitbart' every single day and convince themselves that Barack Obama is a foreign terrorist, that is not a problem of government. That is a problem of community failure, and we have to recognize that.
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I'm a romantic, and I like guys to bring flowers and buy some gifts - not expensive things, just romantic things.
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As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.
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I think if a horror movie is really scary, you'll think about it for weeks, and there's something kind of fun about that - about our art, really.
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You're not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.
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I never feel there's anything I can't do.
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The major source of photochemical smog - petroleum-fueled vehicles - can be replaced by emission-free electric vehicles.
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I have a pretty fancy facialist, this woman Dale Breault. Getting older, it's a good thing to have a serious facialist.
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What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine.
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Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
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I'm not always angry. In fact, I think I usually go out of my way to try to find roles that don't seem to be like me.
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I'm not very well known. However, the more well known you get, the more people are going to have expectations of you. Although that's great, it also imposes certain pressures.
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Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.
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I can't make up my mind whether I want to dance like Josef Brown or dance with Josef Brown.
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Semi-automatic weapons have no socially redeeming purpose.
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There's only one earth. And there's no spare.
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Like, radio is closer to a Tumblr, or a blog, or Twitter, than it is to television, I think.
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I think that of my 21 symphonies, each has its own place.
