E. M. Forster Quotes
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I grew up on Avenue C, and Tompkins Square Park was my park. That was where I played ball every day. I lived in that park.
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Up until the end of the Bush Administration, there was indifference to the North Korean suffering under Kim Jong-Il.
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My readers at that time were still men of letters; but there had to be other people waiting to read my poems.
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For decades, Iran has covertly worked to develop a nuclear weapons program and has repeatedly violated its international obligations.
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Sure, 'Les Miserables' can be melodramatic. And seeing the musical instead of reading the novel will save you some time and spare you the long part where Hugo goes on and on about the Parisian sewer system. But I would hate for the novel to lose that.
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My life has been devoted to the upliftment of the Filipino by reestablishing his identity and dignity.
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The older you get, the more comfortable you become with yourself, and you accept what you have physically.
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It's nice to know when you're a part of a story, it's nice to know at least something about the beginning, middle, and end.
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I went to Iraq in 2004 because I believe in doing my duty, not because I agreed with the war.
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I used to always buy clothes too big, but I should have showed off instead of covering up.
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It's often been observed that the first casualty of war is the truth. But that's a lie, too, in its way. The reality is that, for most wars to begin, the truth has to have been sacrificed a long time in advance.
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I remember in high school trying to get home from water-polo practice in time so I could see Happy Days on television when it first came on, because I was so blown away by it. It was just such a cool thing.
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A man is as alive as he can communicate.
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There is a kind of misconception that Asian-Americans are not as American as European-Americans.
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I don't want to be idealized by a patient because of what I've written.
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I grew up in London, one of four children. We were a very loud family, not a lot of listening, plenty of talking. My mum was a hearth mother: she loved to gather us all around her - Sunday lunches were a big thing. She was very good at thinking on her feet - people used to say she should go into politics.
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At comedy festivals, we always get grouped with other musical comedians, so you can get to know them and see what everyone is doing. it's really fun and awesome that we're the only girls, because we can tackle issues that guys can't sing about.
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When someone says something that really hurts me, I have to retweet it to let it go.
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I ruffle a lot of feathers. And I'm also selective - that makes you a troublemaker. But so be it. I laid a cornerstone for black actors, and that makes me happy.
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When life hands you lemons, you make lemonade. But when life hands you hurricanes, you go surfing.
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Subway is a real point of pride. We have influenced the way people eat.
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When people love you for your cultural contributions, geographical boundaries become nonexistent.
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Well it's unusual for us to do an endorsement, you know, and the special occasions where you need appointments, but we thought that Senator [Hillary ]Clinton had occupied such a neat and unique role, certainly a worldwide advocate for women, and also there's also only 16 women without her in Congress.
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Science, when applied to personal relationships, is always just wrong.
