Henry David Thoreau Quotes
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I had a slight touch of Tourette's, which means you talk to yourself and bark and cry out at night. I find myself talking to myself sometimes.
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We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months.
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For a long time, I've been interested in cultural memory and historical erasure.
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Even with my wife, I find sharing soup is hard.
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I have worked for three decades as a staunch advocate of building a 'big tent' party that includes both pro-choice and pro-life Republicans.
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I've got to be honest, there's no pleasure when you're working.
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I think what has helped me is that I've never thought of myself as a child star. If you think of yourself like that, you might have problems!
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What makes loneliness an anguish is not that I have no one to share my burden, but this: I have only my own burden to bear.
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I'm someone who likes plowing new ground, then walking away from it. I get bored easily. For me, the big thrill comes with the discovering.
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I'm not about trying to get and get and get. I feel good when I get, but I kind of feel better when I give.
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There are very religious people who write comics and who love comics.
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There must be no barriers to freedom of inquiry. There is no place for dogma in science. The scientist is free, and must be free to ask any question, to doubt any assertion, to seek for any evidence, to correct any errors.
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I am very proud to be an American. This country has so much potential, I'd just like to see things better, or whatever, and I think it will be.
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My songs are about who I am.
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My kids have never seen me scream at anybody. They've never seen an argument. There's never been even a cold silence. And those are things that I grew up with because my parents did end up divorcing.
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I am very highly appreciated in my country, and everybody seems to love me.
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Let's just start with the word 'diva.' It is obviously a sexist slight - a term that is only applied to women, almost always in a derogatory way. It's usually applied to women who are viewed as overly ambitious. It is applied to demanding women, to women who follow their own path.
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I attended Amherst College from 1951 to 1955. The first two years were a revelation. There were innumerable exchanges with brilliant classmates, among them the playwright Ralph Allen, the classics scholar Robert Fagles, and the composer Michael Sahl.
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The great thing about doing art shows is you get to meet the people who are interested in your art, and I think that when you're purchasing a piece of art it's a tremendous bonus to get to meet the artist because you get a chance to pick their brain a bit and find out first hand what the piece is about for the artist.
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Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.
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The fiction is not autobiographical. Maybe to some extent it is, of course.
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Eternity forbids thee to forget.
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Any man more right than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one.
