Louisa May Alcott Quotes
I was thinking what a curious thing love is; only a sentiment, and yet it has power to make fools of men and slaves of women.
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We're not a nation divided: we're a nation broken, and anything broken can be fixed.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath.
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I had the good fortune of having a happy, closely knit family.
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Ideas are all around me. If I wasn't interested in them myself, I don't think anyone else would be either.
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I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity.
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To like an individual because he's black is just as insulting as to dislike him because he isn't white.
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I'm attempting to put myself in a bottle that will one day wash up on the beach for my children.
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My favorite animal is steak.
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I don't think the label makes the artist or the artist makes the label. It's the music that makes everything work or not.
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Don't be afraid to take time to learn. It's good to work for other people. I worked for others for 20 years. They paid me to learn.
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From 'Midnight Cowboy' to 'Taxi Driver' is a brief era whose grit, beauty, and violence has been quite mythologized.
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Did you know there's probably more golf played in Iceland than most places in the world? They play 24 hours a day in the summertime and the northern part is warmer than the southern part.
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My impression of Americans from the beginning is of the best, and I have never since had cause to alter my mind. They are a kind, sympathetic race of people and naturally proud of their country.
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Sometimes we make films just for our people, and it doesn't reach to anyone.
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I think ballet has influenced my personality a lot in the sense that I am very disciplined in all of my endeavours. I am always on time; I take things very seriously. I've built up my inner strength and self-esteem over time as I've improved as a dancer.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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I didn't really grow up playing video games. I had an original Nintendo after the original Nintendo was cool.
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Respect only has meaning as respect for those with whom I do not agree.
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Personally, I am always more impressed by simplicity, clarity; it is the mark of a writer who knows his subject well and is secure enough not to 'lay it on' in the telling. Aim for complexity of thought, not expression.
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Apparently, the people in the [George W.] Bush administration who wanted to confront me on this could not spell my name correctly. They wanted to send a series of emails thinking that perhaps MSNBC was perhaps favorable to the Bush administration. They thought that they could send me a series of questions or talking points to disprove Joe Wilson with.
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I played on three of Bob Dylan's albums. I have very pleasant memories, especially the Nashville Skyline album was a real fun album to do. He was in a great mood. He was glad to be in Nashville, where the musicians were very laid back and very creative. We had a lot of fun doing that album.
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When running a Ponzi scheme, how does one avoid enormous, unexpected withdrawals - runs on the bank, so to speak - that would pull back the curtain and reveal a little man blowing smoke? One way would be to attract a core of investors who could be counted on to never withdraw more than a small percentage of principal each year.
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I was thinking what a curious thing love is; only a sentiment, and yet it has power to make fools of men and slaves of women.
