Alice Stone Blackwell Quotes
A woman finds the natural lay of the land almost unconsciously; and not feeling it incumbent on her to be guide and philosopher to any successor, she takes little pains to mark the route by which she is making her ascent.
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The man who interprets Nature is always held in great honor.
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I grew up in a house full of books and parents who read, which led to me to reading from a very young age. And reading seemed to naturally progress to writing.
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The civil rights fight was a very important fight.
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I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.
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I have a company called Earl Campbell Foods. I got into the meat business in 1991.
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As of 2002, two million Latino adults had been diagnosed with diabetes.
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With publicity comes humiliation.
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My memory is basically visual: that's what I remember, rooms and landscapes. What I do not remember are what the people in these room were telling me. I never see letters or sentences when I write or read, but only the images they produce.
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I have been the last space marine between earth and an alien invasion. I really just don't need to go there anymore.
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A win for one is a win for all - and I'm not just saying that because Dumas did.
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I'm not really a fan of people who think they're better than others. There's no reason to act that way. I couldn't even stand to yell at someone if they bumped right into me.
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I think the Republican Party should be a pro-life party. I am pro-life. I do not apologize for that. On the flip side of that coin, the Republican Party has been big enough to allow pro-choice advocates to be heard.
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I like to write scenes in the middle of the night. We could change every word of 'Family Ties' between Monday and Friday.
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Hollywood has to be a better reflection of the world we live in.
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It's like I've experienced quite a weird and unusual life, you know, being with a mom who's a single parent and struggling with money and things like that. It's really hard. And it brings a lot of other insecurities in life and a lot of other issues in life, in school and a bunch of other things.
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At any given moment, it's not about where we are supposed to be. It's about what work, which relationship, what decision I take. Every moment counts. Every decision counts. And if we look at our decisions in life as such, we stop battling and start winning.
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I don't intentionally go: 'Ooh, what is provocative,' and try to do that. I just do stuff, and people go: 'Ooh, that's provocative.'
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I've not really spent much time in proper studios. The room itself where you're recording, and how you live while you're there is what appeals to me.
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The thing that really matters to me is well-being and happiness. Maybe it comes from knowing people who have tortured themselves trying to meet these strangely narrow and rigorous definitions of what our culture thinks is beautiful.
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Margaret Thatcher was pro-choice. She voted to decriminalize homosexuality. Was not profoundly religious. She was very liberal on social issues.
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Koverman is one of my favorite Hollywood characters because she was the brains of MGM, and not many people know about her.
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Everything has a place and time.
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It was not enough that India should get Swaraj. It was more important in whose hands the Swaraj would be.
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A woman finds the natural lay of the land almost unconsciously; and not feeling it incumbent on her to be guide and philosopher to any successor, she takes little pains to mark the route by which she is making her ascent.
