Ida Tarbell Quotes
It is not alone that justice is wounded by denying women a part in the making of the civilized world - a more immediate wrong is the way the movement for a fuller, freer life for all human beings is hampered.
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I've listened to female vocalists my whole life. That's what I love. I still listen to guys' vocals and don't get taken aback a lot.
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Art has nothing to do with politics. It is the freest thing in the world.
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You have to find out how to become the character.
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I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
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The worst thing for an effective war on terror is the suspicion of states about the objectives.
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No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they do their best to make us think the oppposite.
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The diverse sound of my music makes it a good fit for that demographic.
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People think I'm just an old Luddite, but that's untrue. I buy every new gizmo as it comes out, play with it until I understand how it works, and then give it away.
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The trip to Iraq confirmed that I made the right decision when I voted against lending Iraq the $18 billion the United States plans to use to help rebuild the country.
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I'm blind without my glasses.
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The guy who kind of identified as my dad was my dad's brother, who was the second person my mom married.
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When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous.
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Only buy clothes that you plan to keep forever. It's important to see trends for what they are: a game.
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I'm from the school of, 'if you want more, you have to require more from yourself.'
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There's room for role models who make mistakes.
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The Yale group was doing the Harold. So by our senior year we were trying to do the Harold. Again, we had no idea what we were doing. We had one guy in the group who was pretty experimental; he would kind of push us to do weird things. It was really fun, a great experience.
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Doing nothing while the middle class is hurting. That's not leadership. Loose regulations and lax enforcement. That's not leadership. That's abandoning our middle class.
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I would only take a role that I know I'm comfortable in and I can do. I've turned down plenty of things because I'd feel it's not me, and I wouldn't want to come on someone's project and flip that.
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My favorite teams are the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Jets.
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People talk about Japanese kids as being inward-looking. But my experience is that if you offer them an opportunity, they'll take it.
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In the U.S., the incidence of diabetes has increased proportionately with the per capita consumption of sugar.
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The unique problem for transgender women in prison is that our health and welfare are also the responsibility of those charged with overseeing us.
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Women kill me. They really do. I don't mean I'm oversexed or anything like that—although I am quite sexy. I just like them, I mean. They're always leaving their goddam bags out in the middle of the aisle.
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It is not alone that justice is wounded by denying women a part in the making of the civilized world - a more immediate wrong is the way the movement for a fuller, freer life for all human beings is hampered.
