Leonard Bacon Quotes
'Thou shalt not get found out' is not one of God's commandments, and no man can be saved by trying to keep it.
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The biggest issue that we have to contend with is campaign finance reform.
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A newspaperman said, 'You have to have a team in New York.' I replied, 'Who says you have to have a team in New York?' What came out in the papers was a headline that said, Giles Says, 'Who needs New York?' I confess that quote bothered me, and there seemed to be no way to dispose of it. It was repeated again and again.
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The time is right for electric cars - in fact the time is critical.
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State assaults on the separation of church and state are nothing new.
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My earliest memories of rap music was mixed with my earliest memories of reggae music. They were big sounds around the way, heavy bass lines, strong messages, definitely.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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Dramatically it's always more interesting to conceal rather than reveal things.
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When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.
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The definition of a Schwarzenegger Republican is a Bush Republican who says he's a Schwarzenegger Republican.
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I recognize myself to be an intensely naive person. Most novelists are, despite frequent pretensions to deep socio-political insight.
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I was raised by very traditional Southern parents with Southern manners. You don't air your dirty laundry to people that aren't your family or your friends. Why would I ever want to portray myself as anything other than together?
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Personally I feel, for me, it's tough to do Botox - but it's also tough not to! Sometimes, I think I need the help. Whatever anyone else chooses is fine with me - no judgment.
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Accordingly the Northern races of Europe found their inspiration in the Bible; and the enthusiasm for it has not yet quite faded away.
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If God is not sending earthquakes, destroying economies and inflicting pain upon human beings, what is God doing? God works through people, calling them to help their neighbors in need. God comforts His people, walking with them even 'through the valley of the shadow of death.'
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To me, a cat is an easy pet, they don't need any spoiling or looking after.
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I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
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Any perjury case is a tough case. You just don't go on 'he said-she said.' You have to find corroborating evidence.
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Cultures are never merely intellectual constructs. They take form through the collective intelligence and memory, through a commonly held psychology and emotions, through spiritual and artistic communion.
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War makes murderers out of otherwise decent people. All wars, and all decent people.
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I realized that after years of studying Shakespeare and Chekhov and regional repertory theater, what I really wanted to do was bust in and rob a bank and jump in the screaming getaway car and tear through the city and get in a shootout.
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I am a Hitchcockian - I still believe that 'Psycho' sets the standard for mother/son relations.
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I just feel like a kid that has some money now, that can take care of my family... I think I'll always be a kid. I'm always messing around, always running around, always trying to have a good time.
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'Thou shalt not get found out' is not one of God's commandments, and no man can be saved by trying to keep it.
