Ida Tarbell Quotes
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I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my life.
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A mom can't afford to be sick.
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I think it just came to a point where I made a decision to do better with my life and health. And that is only by God's grace because there are no guarantees.
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I've got a 12-year-old grandson who, when he was 3 years old, before he could say many other words, could name the different kinds of dinosaurs.
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I was a dancer when I got discovered, and I started working immediately. I started being in commercials and doing guest star roles. My first big thing, which happened maybe six months after being discovered, was 'Bring It On: All or Nothing.'
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We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.
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It's funny how people who ain't never been down there can think that America is so fair and that we should be alright. It's funny that the people who have their foot on our neck are telling us, 'Get up. What's wrong with you?'
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When you're in the battlefield, survival is all there is. Death is the only great emotion.
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I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
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Punishment cannot heal spirits, can only break them.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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I don't weigh into politics.
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I think I just have a natural operatic aesthetic. I can't help it.
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But the issue has to do with land, which is our land.
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I think we should balance the federal budget tomorrow. I'm optimistic. I think Americans are optimistic. We went to the moon; we can balance the federal budget.
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Near the end of my career, I saw things that didn't make too much sense to me when I was a kid.
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The only routine with me is no routine at all.
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I'm not trying to set the world on fire; I just want to make really beautiful clothes that women want to wear, can afford, and can really see themselves in.
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Life would have been absolutely empty without imagination.
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No one can tell you what to expect or can offer a guide to grief. Because every relationship is so unique, no two people grieve the same way. And you have no idea how you are going to grieve till you are grieving.
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I've grown up in the public eye, and every decision I've made has always been so public and often inaccurately reported.
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If you're out for two years, and you beat one guy with a full-time job, without disrespect, but we're talking about fighting for a world title. You can't just beat a guy that went there to cover some guy that got injured, and then this guy, after two and a half years, gets a title shot.
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A great power has to have the discipline not only to go when necessary but to know when not to go. Getting involved in ethnic, religious civil wars is a recipe for disaster.
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Life is but a collection of habits.
