Lincoln Steffens Quotes
In all cities, the better classes - the business men - are the sources of corruption, but they are so rarely pursued and caught that we do not fully realize whence the trouble comes.
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In real life, I'm polite and nice all the time. It's fun to play people who aren't. It's escapism.
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I took the position from day one that it was the right decree, that the modifications I made to the decree were proper, that the correct outcome had been obtained, and that in due time all of that would become apparent. And it has become apparent.
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He travels fastest who travels alone, and that goes double for she. Real feminism is spinsterhood.
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To be sure, ASPM isn't the gene responsible for building big brains - there's no such single gene. But it's critical to the process, and the primate line has almost certainly benefited from distinct changes in ASPM.
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If I'm gonna write songs about my exes, they can write songs about me. That's how it works.
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Running is what keeps my weight down. I have to stay active or I could easily gain weight.
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It makes me forget that I'm not going to be a major star and lead female in films whether it was 20 years ago, 10 years ago, five or in the future.
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Let me be the first to say I can't remember ever having a conversation about the definition of consent when I was a kid. I knew that 'no' meant 'no,' but that's it.
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Your belief system saturates the space around you.
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We love Popsicle in our house. Nick could probably down a whole box in one sitting; he's obsessed with the sugar free box, and I'm just obsessed with the classic.
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The slow philosophy is not about doing everything in tortoise mode. It's less about the speed and more about investing the right amount of time and attention in the problem so you solve it.
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They're called 'angels' because they're in heaven until the reviews come out.
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I'm involved in issues, and issues are about grass-roots politics.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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Acting is an aesthetic career, which is annoying.
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Jesus is ideal and wonderful, but you Christians - you are not like him.
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People come up to me in bars and on street corners and they say to me, 'Hey, Paulsen, have you got any change?'
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Our duty was to try and find the Japanese fleet. We never did find the Japanese fleet and I am awfully glad, because they had attacked us there with six carriers, three battleships, 10 or 15 cruisers, and about 20 destroyers.
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I get hit on so much it's not normal. I didn't realize so many men liked redheads.
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I've got a good man. He takes care of me. I don't have to be scared of anything because I know he will kick every ass... disrespect him and you've got a problem.
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A 'shared choice' movement sees the fetus as the genes of a woman and the genes of a man; the flesh of the woman, the flesh of the man; the bone of a woman, the bone of a man; the responsibility of a woman, the responsibility of a man; the rights of a woman, the rights of a man. It desires a transition to equality.
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I must not fear.
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In all cities, the better classes - the business men - are the sources of corruption, but they are so rarely pursued and caught that we do not fully realize whence the trouble comes.
