Alice Morse Earle Quotes
There is something inexpressibly sad in the thought of the children who crossed the ocean with the Pilgrims and the fathers of Jamestown, New Amsterdam, and Boston, and the infancy of those born in the first years of colonial life in this strange new world.
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Like life, peace begins with women. We are the first to forge lines of alliance and collaboration across conflict divides.
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Social revolutions are never simple.
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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
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The politics of the Cape Town Metro, which allows an executive Mayoral committee to make secret decisions which affect you, behind closed doors, is wrong!
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There are times, especially when I was just getting into PC gaming, where I spent way less time playing than obsessing about the quality of the play.
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I learn something not because I have to, but because I really want to. That's the same view I have for performing. I'm performing because I really want to, not because I have to bring bread back home.
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Vilification on the grounds of race or religion is always wrong. There's no place for inciting hatred within our Australia society.
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There was one man in the Labour government, Robin Cook, whom I had a very high regard for. He had the courage to speak out and to resign over Iraq. He was an admirable man. But resignation over a matter of principle is not a very fashionable thing in our society.
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Of one thing there is no doubt: if Paris makes demands of the heart, then Munich makes demands of the stomach.
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.
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I am an ardent supporter of capitalism - but I also understand that while individuals have inalienable, God-given rights, corporations do not.
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My secret heroes were Joe Morello, Ray Charles - who is, in my opinion, the most dominant figure in musical history in the 21st century - and Frank Sinatra. Those are my heroes. And as a writer, when Bob Dylan came along, it was a miracle because he gave us all permission to say anything!
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Both the Obama and Romney campaigns said they pulled all their political ads today in observance of the September 11th anniversary. But politics wasn't very far offstage. The Obama campaign sees foreign policy as an advantage this year.
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In L.A., unless you've just won an Oscar or you're Mr. Studio Head, no one talks to you. Even at parties.
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I turn people into human beings by not making them into gods.
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To be seen and to be respected for my work and acknowledged as a true American Latina... means a lot to me.
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I've been training quite hard.
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You just don't understand humility until you have children and get divorced.
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Well, I think the main message is there is more to your story. There is more than what happens between the crib and the grave, and that is what I am really trying to speak to, this idea that all of life is this life and that there is nothing more than what we see and experience right here on this earth.
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Due to hate, fear, and oppression, the North Koreans cannot help themselves.
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There is something inexpressibly sad in the thought of the children who crossed the ocean with the Pilgrims and the fathers of Jamestown, New Amsterdam, and Boston, and the infancy of those born in the first years of colonial life in this strange new world.
