Louis D. Brandeis Quotes
However great his outward conformity, the immigrant is not Americanized unless his interests and affections have become deeply rooted here. And we properly demand of the immigrant even more than this. He must be brought into complete harmony with our ideals and aspirations and cooperate with us for their attainment.
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At one point, I had a story accepted at the 'New Yorker,' which sent off weird bells in people when I told them - 'Oh,' they thought, 'now you are a writer' - where I really had been for the last 30-odd years.
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It's always fun to immerse yourself in a different time period.
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Every ten years there is a new generation of actors.
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I have gotten more flak for being a conservative Republican than I have for being trans.
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It is one thing to go on stage and be funny or be in a good place in your career, but for a woman, actually facing the elements in a physical way is a very powerful thing.
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Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.
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I think success happens when it's supposed to and when you can appreciate it. I am grateful that it didn't happen for me at 22 or 23. I would've been foolish enough to think that we're all entitled to it, instead of it being the divine blessing that it is.
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If you do not milk the cow fully, it falls sick.
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I saw the pilot for 'Girls' about six months before it aired.
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Latin people love to dance. Nothing is more powerful than a Latin man doing 'Mambo Number 5' by himself.
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Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.
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By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown.
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My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - it gives a lovely light!
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It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life.
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There were no dissidents then in the USSR because they were all killed.
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Money is a kind of poetry.
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I conduct business, not dependent of public sentiment, but according to the rules of fair business.
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My stories are not Christianized at all. I don't even have any Christians in my stories. What they are, are stories about ordinary people going through extraordinary circumstances in which I'm exploring truth. How light overcomes darkness in a way that's unmistakable to anyone who has any kind of faith.
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I was hanging out and drinking as long as I could afford it, or as long as somebody else could afford it.
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I read in order to write. I read out of obsession with writing.
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There are these very poor communities on the outskirts of Cairo called Mokattam, where a lot of the garbage collectors live. I used to volunteer there, doing health and education work when I was younger and living in Egypt.
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The U.N.'s impartiality allows it to negotiate and operate in some of the toughest places in the world. And time and again, studies have shown that U.N. peacekeeping is far more effective and done with far less money than what any government can do on its own.
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So many gods, so many creeds, so many paths that wind and wind while just the art of being kind is all the sad world needs.
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However great his outward conformity, the immigrant is not Americanized unless his interests and affections have become deeply rooted here. And we properly demand of the immigrant even more than this. He must be brought into complete harmony with our ideals and aspirations and cooperate with us for their attainment.
