Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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Surprisingly, I'm not a fan of guns or anything like that!
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J has told me about his past. I know what happened and why. But he is the one person who made me believe in my talent and whatever happened in the past, he's been a wonderful manager to me.
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The whole community of people with disabilities was alive, politically alive. I give Justin Dart credit for that. He traveled to every state in the country. He really made people with disabilities understand that they had some political power.
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Africa is poor because its investors and its creditors are unspeakably rich.
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Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.
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The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath.
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I want to be a real artist to consumers. I want to be the real thing for them.
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The humanities need to be defended today against the encroachments of physical science, as they once needed to be against the encroachment of theology.
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Anybody that's been in an election, you're always looking to get the upper hand.
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I tell my students, even if you are an opinion journalist, your opinion should be based on facts.
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My favorite soundtrack is 'Avatar.' It's the best thing in the world. I love it.
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The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I am not a Virginian but an American.
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With realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.
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I can be not showered and dressed like a slob, but my lip gloss will be on!
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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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When we have sealed the outer border and thus stopped the illegal migration, we can talk about any solution.
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To survive is to win.
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All I can say is, I don't talk about the personal stuff. It's the one thing you can keep to yourself. At least you try to.
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You don't comb the mirror, you comb your own hair and the mirror changes.
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I have this theory about why men kill each other and break things. … Never mind. It's a dumb theory. I was going to say it was all sexual … but everything is sexual … but alcohol.
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Growing up in the '50s and being in the '60s, in that revolutionary time space, I thought freedom was what I was looking for. Slowly but surely, it became clear that the last thing I was interested in was freedom. Because if you're going to be free, you have to be free from something.
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Companies like I.B.M. have offered women scholarships to study engineering for years, and women engineers routinely get higher starting salaries than men.
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The imagination is not a talent of some men but is the health of every man.
