Alice Duer Miller Quotes
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I feel that there has been progress made since I was a boy on matters of race, but we have a long way to go.
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By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs of the society in which it was made.
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When I first came out with my fans and the wind hit me, I almost took off.
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Jenna's traveled with me; they've both traveled with their dad. This is the only time they've been old enough in all of their dad's campaigns to really be involved in.
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If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.
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Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth.
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Customers want new things, and the way that they get them isn't written in stone.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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The thing that reinforces my belief about that is having worked the last four years with the Safe Kids Campaign on a national basis. I am so amazed at what these little kids do in keeping their parents alerted to what they are there for.
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I'm not an atheist. How can you not believe in something that doesn't exist? That's way too convoluted for me.
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There comes a point in nearly every book event I've done when a little feminist revolt stirs inside the crowd.
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Internal security implies also an external dimension, a defence capacity.
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I used to play all the time. I would play football when it was light and read when it was dark.
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I've seen articles suggesting that Wal-Mart buys at prices lower than our competitors', and that this gives Wal-Mart an unfair advantage. I don't believe it... What we hear is concern that in some circumstances, Wal-Mart may actually be paying more than our competitors.
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When I was 13, I thought I was pretty hot stuff because I knew BASIC programming, self-taught on the family's Commodore 64. One of my crowning accomplishments was writing a silly little program that showed a crudely-drawn Space Shuttle lifting off in a cloud of pixelated smoke.
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Letting the facts speak for themselves is an immoral principle when we all know that facts and figures can be selected to prove anything.
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I didn't want to do a zoo show. I didn't want to do a study of someone with mental illness. I just wanted to show someone who was trying to live their life.
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I love being in a courtroom.
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I think a lot of the dull parts of first drafts come from a kind of over-managing, intrusive writer who wants to direct traffic. The idea of taking out the parts that the reader could infer is very liberating, and it's weirdly part of radicalizing your work: it allows you to go to new places fast.
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Usually the script is much more funny than the film turns out to be, in my case. The script is almost like a comic book but when you start making it, for some reason the film gets very serious.
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The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking.
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Australians are a fantastic bunch of people but the attention can be overwhelming for someone like me.
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I like people who work hard.
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People love to talk but hate to listen.
