Alan Lomax Quotes
The essence of America lies not in the headlined heroes...but in the everyday folks who live and die unknown, yet leave their dreams as legacies
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It is better not to express what one means than to express what one does not mean.
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
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When I write, I create really absurd situations which become false because I am after the joke.
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Through love one acquires renunciation and discrimination naturally.
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More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.
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However, while the Nazi barbarians and their collaborators threatened the entire world, I could not accept his philosophy and, after several earlier attempts, was finally accepted into the Canadian Infantry Corps during the last year of World War II.
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I'll tell you, there is nothing better in life than being a late bloomer. I believe that success can happen at any time and at any age.
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I have a terrible fear of travel. Just before we go, I start to panic and tell my wife I don't want to go. It's ridiculous. But actually it's only when it's somewhere I've not been to before.
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Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.
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I formally proposed. I'm a good Southern gentleman.
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Well - I was brought up as a Southern Baptist.
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I find it very easy playing Bond. I think he's hilarious. He gets himself into some extraordinarily funny situations.
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We don't want to promote any system that treats the fact that an individual is LGBT as a personality disorder. And anything that perpetuates that perception is harmful - not only to that member of the community but the entire community.
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How short our span! If you once realized how brief, you would refrain from causing any beast or man the smallest grief, the slightest pain.
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I wasn't an overbearing child. But I was aggressive. I always managed to get what I wanted somehow.
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What I am is a thinking, feeling human being compelled by history.
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There's not enough said about the beauty of being able to focus on what you do well.
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Gender is not central to coding.
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I wake up with the story in my head, so I really like to be at my desk about five minutes after I wake up. So I don't get dressed. I put on a bathrobe, I make tea and sit at my desk.
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Anyone who edits their own copy has a fool for an editor.
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To be honest with you, I'd rather not be working. When you work, there are all sorts of deadlines and pressures. I like to do one thing and take my time to do the other one.
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I’m sure he doesn’t see it as aimless. We all have different goals. His are achievable.
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I'm probably the wealthiest Indian in America.
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The essence of America lies not in the headlined heroes...but in the everyday folks who live and die unknown, yet leave their dreams as legacies
