Amy Poehler Quotes
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Scores of armed antigovernment groups, some of them far more radical, have formed or been revived during the Obama years, according to law-enforcement agencies and outside watchdogs.
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Since 9/11, there has been a huge leap in people wanting to get personally involved in public service and international affairs.
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I was fortunate enough to visit a lot of beautiful places around the world. The most astonishing and memorable experiences were my trips to Africa and Australia.
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I tell 'Hansel and Gretel' stories about heroic children who are lost in a world that seems friendly at first, and then isn't.
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Poetry is a phantom script telling how rainbows are made and why they go away.
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Team members have to hold each other accountable. If there's a meeting, all members have to commit to be present and to help one another; they can't just check out when they feel they're not getting any benefits.
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Don't be too proud to take lessons. I'm not.
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I love singing. It's who I am. When I act, I take a small part of myself and just magnify it, but when I'm singing, that's who I am. I don't write music, so I choose songs that I would have written.
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Women can stand a beating except when it is with their own weapons.
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Music is pretty intimate stuff and I can only work with very few people: Gonzalez being one, Mocky being another and, on a completely different level, Broken Social Scene. With Broken Social Scene it's not one-on-one, it's a one-on-12. It's very healthy, very comfortable, like a big pot luck supper among old friends.
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I love art so much because of curiosity. At the start of a painting, I know 10 percent of what the painting will be, and then I have to improvise the whole thing.
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Circle are praised, not that abound, In largeness, but the exactly round.
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I love Jared Hess' movies. He's such a weirdo and such a nice, funny guy.
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People with water-borne diseases occupy more than 50% of hospital beds across the world. Does the answer lie in building more hospitals? Really, what is needed is to give them clean water.
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I don't see myself as a diva at all.
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I enjoyed being in 'The Ten Commandments.' That was a great experience - to suddenly become one of those holy people. I was holier than thou.
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What drew me towards team sport were the camaraderie and friendship. The chance to celebrate victory and success with a group of other people is something I have enjoyed doing.
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If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
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Honestly, the dangerous situation in which Jews in France live is such that those who walk with a kippa are in any case a minority, because they are afraid.
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It's not hard to find a new husband, but someone who is, for an example, a good bridge partner for you comes along once in a lifetime.
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The biggest danger to the European Union comes not from those who advocate change, but from those who denounce new thinking as heresy. In its long history Europe has experience of heretics who turned out to have a point.
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Our parents got divorced when I was 8 or 9.
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A fellow has to have faith in God above and Rollie Fingers in the bullpen.
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Just breathe. Sometimes you're only a few breaths away from feeling better.
