Lillian Hellman Quotes
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No one wants to work with a difficult star. I want to be the nice guy.
Ram Kapoor
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He who indulges in falsehood will find the paths of paradise shut to him.
Abu Bakr
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As leaders, we become whole when we see that our focused, singular commitment to making the numbers and the metrics cannot be effective on its own, but only when it is part of the whole picture - only when we see that it takes more than metrics to make up the whole.
Lance Secretan
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In the Army, because the stakes are so high - right? - you can't just be a yes-man and say, 'Great idea, boss!' if you don't believe it - right? - because lives are at stake. And the commanders that I've worked for, they want frank assessments; they want criticism and feedback.
H. R. McMaster
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The opportunity, number one, to work with Ang Lee is an amazing thing for me.
Sam Elliott
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Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
Saint Teresa of Avila
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Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed.
Manuel Puig
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I've cooked plenty of meals when I was sad, lonely, depressed, angry, bored, and/or under the weather. My primary aim in these circumstances is generally to cheer myself up, to fill my stomach with something warm so I can feel comforted and fed, usually just with a quick soup or an omelet.
Kate Christensen
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The rich are not born sceptical or cynical. They are made that way by events, circumstances.
J. Paul Getty
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I know the government needs to ensure economic growth... we just hope it takes care of the environment, too.
Ma Jun
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Whatever a person's politics, lawyers have to understand that we are, for most people, the gateway for them to have access to the third branch of government.
Patricia Millett
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I had never been out covering a story, but boy, was that fun.
Ed Bradley
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Each time I free a child, I feel it is something closer to God.
Kailash Satyarthi
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Freedom isn't free. It shouldn't be a bragging point that 'Oh, I don't get involved in politics,' as if that makes someone cleaner. No, that makes you derelict of duty in a republic. Liars and panderers in government would have a much harder time of it if so many people didn't insist on their right to remain ignorant and blindly agreeable.
Bill Maher
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Since we don’t have a time machine, we can only make educated guesses about the looks, skills, and personality of each individual.… We took great care not to contradict biblical details.
Ken Ham
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I am very clear that I am not a feminist. It puts you into a category and I don't like that.
Marina Abramovic
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Making fake biography, false history, concocting a half-imaginary existence out of the actual drama of my life is my life.
Philip Roth
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Nothing, of course, begins at the time you think it did.
Lillian Hellman
