Louis D. Brandeis Quotes
The world presents enough problems if you believe it to be a world of law and order; do not add to them by believing it to be a world of miracles.
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I would love it if people could look at chubby folks with all of our curves, bumps and ridges and just say 'She's beautiful' just like that. You don't have to get on a treadmill as long as your blood pressure is under control and you eat healthy, God bless.
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My brothers and I would sit out on the park bench and harmonize.
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When I was growing up, I loved stories in which a girl sets out on a quest to rescue the prince instead of the other way around.
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My brothers and I love playing outside and climbing trees. We really love sports, too - I think football's probably my favorite.
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When I was 13 or 14, my mother used to gift me books that I was dying to read. Those are my most memorable birthday gifts.
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You can be lonely when you have a guy living with you.
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If you're looking for immediate rewards, you're only looking for the money.
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No, I worked a lot for European television, doing documentaries in Brazil.
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Fear may very well be a caveman fear of the predator, of the giant lizard chasing them - maybe that's what Steven Spielberg connects with so well in Lost World.
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It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
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Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever.
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I'm a serious eater and a seriously hungry person, so I set out on that path to figure it out for myself, and of course it really resonated with other people.
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The nearest approach I have ever seen to the symmetry of ancient sculpture was among the Arab tribes of Ethiopia. Our Saxon race can supply the athlete, but not the Apollo.
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I had a very modest upbringing.
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I'm like all parents who try to shelter their children.
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I love Shakira - she is such a beautiful person. She does so many good things for the world on top of making good music. And she is an awesome mom. When you are Latina, it is all about family, and to see that she prioritizes family and her career at the same time is really nice.
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The fixed stars signify the angel in man. That is why man orients himself by them; and that is why women have no appreciation for the starry sky; because they have no sense of the angel in man.
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In a minimal interior, what you don't do is as important as what you do.
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There's a lot of pressure being an actor and taking on challenges that people don't expect of you.
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Cheerfulness is among the most laudable virtues. It gains you the good will and friendship of others. It blesses those who practice it and those upon whom it is bestowed.
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He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.
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What we want in students is creativity and a willingness to fail. I always say to students, 'If you've never at some point stayed up all night talking to your new boyfriend about the meaning of life instead of preparing for the test, then you're not really an intellectual.'
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What plethora of material goods can possibly atone for a waking life so humanly belittling, if not degrading, as the push-button tasks left to human performers?
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The world presents enough problems if you believe it to be a world of law and order; do not add to them by believing it to be a world of miracles.
