Letitia Baldrige Quotes
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Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.
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There are epic downsides to living a somewhat public life. The upshot of that is there's nothing to hide. It's a relief in a way. There's nothing about me that can't be said.
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I love old movies. The '40s theatre pace is fantastic.
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I think it's the height of patriotism to continue to exercise your right as a citizen and to hold your government to account. Isn't that what the very essence of democracy is about?
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The significance and volume of repairs that are needed across the country demand that we give state and local governments the long-term certainty they need to effectively execute these projects.
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I feel like people are funny, and women are people, so I'm sick of the distinction.
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Once in my childhood I had been eager to learn Irish; I thought to get leave to take lessons from an old Scripture-reader who spent a part of his time in the parish of Killinane, teaching such scholars as he could find to read their own language in the hope that they might turn to the only book then being printed in Irish, the Bible.
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Our most noted satirists are true columnists, and their opinions can be worth more than any well-documented expose.
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I'm not a self-promoter. I'm not on TV all the time.
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With 'Trainwreck,' because it wasn't live and we could do more takes, I feel like we broke a lot.
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I used to go to Cold Stone Creamery, get a tub of Butterfinger ice cream, and eat it all before bedtime. And my fingers were permanently stained orange from Cheetos.
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A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful.
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My critique of democracy begins and ends with this point. Kids must be educated to disrespect authority or else democracy is a farce.
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For a large number of problems there will be some animal of choice or a few such animals on which it can be most conveniently studied.
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SETI is probably the most important quest of our time, and it amazes me that governments and corporations are not supporting it sufficiently.
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He fell in love with himself at first sight and it is a passion to which he has always remained faithful.
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Every American citizen must have an equal right to vote. There is no reason which can excuse the denial of that right. There is no duty which weighs more heavily on us than the duty we have to ensure that right.
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Become a fixer, not just a fixture.
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While photographs may not lie, liars may photograph.
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I'm a student of violence because I'm a student of the human heart.
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Satan must be defeated in the arena he dominates, this world. So Christ was sent into this world to destroy Satan's works.
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A Western upbringing tends to stress questioning authority, which is always asking why, why, why.
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The benefit of writing a collection - as opposed to a novel - is that I'm able to have some version of the war in each story without having to comment on its all-encompassing nature. Turn the page and here are new characters and new situations, but the war remains... Isn't that how life has been for us for over a decade?
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If you care enough to look right, you care enough to act right. And vice versa.
