Alan Ladd Quotes
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Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
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All the great artists had their dark sides. Look at Amy Winehouse or anyone who has achieved a certain level of success. Even Adele, and the people that you wouldn't put in the same category as a gangster rapper. These women have exposed their vulnerabilities, demons, and things that have hurt them.
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I did ask Matt Damon for his autograph - and I got a picture, too!
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I had two sisters carried away in a chain-gang - one of them left two children. We were always uneasy.
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The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.
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You always care about your teammates, and you care about the game.
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The path that went by the little house had become a road. Almost every day Laura and Mary stopped their playing and stared in surprise at a wagon slowly creaking by on that road.
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I was always in love with Judy Garland, and when I was growing up, I fell in love with Leonardo DiCaprio, of course.
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If you don't like what you do, you're probably dragging your feet.
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This is very intriguing to think we should audit the Fed, but I discovered that probably if they audited the Fed, it would get a clean bill because it's undoubtedly doing exactly what it's supposed to do according to the law.
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I do try to separate my personal activism - showing up at a demonstration or something - from what I write.
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There are over 1 million refugees in Lebanon, a country of 4 million people. How do we solve that? I have no idea. What's going on, I really don't know.
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They're great girls. They're very funny, they're very smart, they're fun to be with. They're very lively, as I think people can tell. And you know, they're very confident girls.
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Children, I always think, are just putting on a performance of being naive and not understanding anything. I have worked with children in films, and they're treated as adults and they just drop the pretense of being children.
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We can choose food that doesn't lead to illnesses like diabetes and cancer. We can choose food that doesn't contribute to water pollution and climate change. And we can choose food that keeps local economies vibrant and farmers on their land.
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There are amazing schools and amazing educators that are doing a wonderful job. And then there are a lot of educators that are not prepared to deal with inclusive education. They haven't been trained. It's really quite lovely and easy when you understand how to do it.
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You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.
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Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.
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There is no other prize in any country that carries the prestige that a Nobel bestows.
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Writers, especially those of us with roots in other countries, are rarely left to ourselves. We are asked to declare our allegiances, or they are determined for us.
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...the skin of moss / holds the footprints of / star-footed birds.
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I am so secure in who I am. I really am! And I'm not conceited. I just think, 'Wow, okay, that's the life you want to live.' It wasn't about who he chose. I mean, I had moments, 'Am I not sexy enough? Am I not pretty enough? Am I not smart enough?' But in so many of those questions, I immediately stopped and said, 'No, don't start doing that.' Because you can get stuck in that cycle and you can carry on to other things.
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Trust one who has tried.
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I never fail to feel let down when I see myself on the screen.
