Aldo Leopold Quotes
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Everyone romanticizes somebody.
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We must develop huge demonstrations, because the world is used to big dramatic affairs. They think in terms of hundreds of thousands and millions and billions... Billions of dollars are appropriated at the twinkling of an eye. Nothing little counts.
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People know things and have a remarkable capacity to act in their individual immediate interests all the time.
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I'm a journalist and author. I make my living by finding things out and writing about them.
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'Morning Joe' host Mika Brzezinski's personal life is a minefield. Her father is Zbigniew Brzezinski, former national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter, and while one brother is an Obama appointee, the other advises Romney.
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Cornish wrestling was very different from that in Devon - it was less brutal, as no kicking was allowed.
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The history of our country is not the history of any other country in the world which is either practicing advanced democracy or struggling to lay the foundation for democracy.
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I love this country very much, and I'm proud to live here, but I think our current administration is extreme. These are not merely conservative people, these are extreme right-wing people.
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When I'm writing the first draft, I'm writing in a very slovenly way: anything to get the outline of the story on paper.
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I wouldn't say I was bullied, but I was definitely a bit of an outcast. It was more the kids thinking I thought I was cool. I started homeschooling in fifth grade, and I was much happier.
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Halas didn't believe in starting rookies.
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I would love to be able to see as much of the world as possible, and volunteering, doing things in another community, living with a host family, are really effective ways to learn about cultures different from your own. And also to not feel lazy.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say 'infinitely' when you mean 'very'; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
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We have people working for us full-time because they were forced to retire at 65. I know that I never want to stop working, and I am glad that I can offer positions to others who feel the same way.
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I want people to notice my writing abilities are real and that I'm not just stuck in one situation.
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Bullies always have another target.
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'Gatekeeper' was sort of my first attempt to put a little bit of a frame and boundaries around songwriting, and try to figure out a way to approach it that had a sort of end result in mind. I haven't written many like that.
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The people that go on 'American Idol' do want some recognition and fame.
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Muslim women must stand up and speak out about who we are, what we believe and where we are going. I think we need to know that our counterparts in the west are also willing to listen and reciprocate.
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Our first album was a stupid mistake by the record company. They tried to sell us as an alternative act. A big mistake!
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When one feels no shame in telling a deliberate lie, there is no evil, I tell you, he will not do.
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Obama's major accomplishment is himself. This can be an effective argument to make to undecided voters and something Obama has to artfully address.
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Only economists mistake physical opulence for riches.
