Ida Tarbell Quotes
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I'm a little bit awkward on Twitter; like, I'm never really sure what to say.
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And think of how we challenged the idea of a male dominated Parliament with All-Women shortlists and made the cause of gender equality central to our government. We were right to do so.
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Whatever has happened to you in your past has no power over this present moment, because life is now.
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The real challenge is if you don't look super sexy, like a Brad Pitt, you're going to have to try harder. You're going to have to make up for it in other ways.
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I think Obama is right when he talks about the rule of law as a cornerstone of what the United States should stand for. That can encompass our elected officials' adherence to law and our country's return to the Geneva Conventions.
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I don't think the media circus has ever been a shock to my life seeing as I was with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor when I was 17.
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I always have coffee and porridge for breakfast.
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All my friends are like, 'Can you be on my side in the zombie apocalypse?' and I'm like, 'I got this.'
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Years ago, I noticed one thing about economics, and that is that economists didn't get anything right.
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I think if you're everyone's cup of tea, that probably means you're a little bit boring, or you're not pushing yourself. Creativity happens where it's dangerous and scary: where you're not comfortable.
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I believe in the old, because it shows us where we come from - where our souls have risen from. And I believe in the new, because it gives us the opportunity to create who we are becoming.
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I prefer to say that I am a beautiful person. But the addict is a horrible person.
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We, Will Ferrell and I, were approached by Sequoia, which is a big financing firm up in Palo Alto; they do a lot of Internet stuff, and they came to us and said they had an idea for a comedy site, and Will and I were sorta like, 'Yeah, we don't know. It's the Internet, we've seen it come and go.'
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A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.
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London audiences have this reputation for being a bit too cool for school.
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If there's one organization in the United States that could work on its communication skills, it's the military.
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All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
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A new breed of Republicans has taken over the GOP. It is a new breed which is seeking to sell to Americans a doctrine which is as old as mankind - the doctrine of racial division, the doctrine of racial prejudice, the doctrine of white supremacy.
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We only need so much to survive, but this world we live in tells us we need more stuff to be happy. We're inundated with our televisions, the Internet and advertising that says in order to be happy you have to have these things. When you say, 'Gimme, gimme, gimme,' you will always be in short supply.
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If you have a sweet tooth, you'll have a sweet mouth when you're done, because all your teeth are going to be sweet.
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I pride myself on average, not home runs.
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I really am a feminist, though I never used to call myself that.
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Books are never finished, They are merely abandoned.
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A popular disturbance never remains long in the full control of those who start it.
