Carol Burnett Quotes
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I was practically driven to Rome in order to obtain the opportunities for art culture and to find a social atmosphere where I was not constantly reminded of my color. The land of liberty had no room for a colored sculptor.
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We always see abhorrent behavior and say why, but then we get mad when somebody tries to answer.
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It angers me when sustainability gets used as a buzz word. For 90 percent of the world, sustainability is a matter of survival.
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Since the end of the Cold War, Soviet aggression had been replaced by a number of particularly venomous threats, from Timothy McVeigh to Osama bin Laden.
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The economics profession advances by one confusing financial disaster at a time.
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I get nervous before everything - dates, filming, award shows. I just don't want to say something stupid. But as soon as I step out on that stage, or as soon as I show up to a date, it all goes away, and I just have a great time with whoever I'm with.
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I think confidence does come with time, and I've been really surprised by that, actually.
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I want women to have more access to quality care, and the access to healthcare for women is not through Planned Parenthood; it is through community health centers across the state.
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I'm very grateful to God for what he gives me. Victories, remarkable victories, but you have to go through the defeats. That is why I praise God for everything.
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For 'Rosa Luxemburg,' I read everything by and about her, but the first time I was stuck in that corset, I got an understanding of her that I'd never had before.
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For decades, the plight of the Palestinian people has been exacerbated by internal corruption, a lack of effective investment, and the political cynicism of the Arab states, who often did not have the best interests of the Palestinians at heart.
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Being on a Paul Thomas Anderson film, the best decision an actor can make is to listen to Paul Thomas Anderson. Because he's probably not going to steer anyone in the wrong direction. I would always say go with your gut on any other movie set, but with Paul, I would say go with Paul's gut.
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I grew up in a house full of women. I have two older sisters and my mum who is a very strong woman.
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Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
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In the case of composite colour, an infinity of systems must be obtained for maxima infinitely slight and with an infinity of interval values separating them - that is to say, the whole thickness of the sensitive layer is occupied in continuous manner by these maxima.
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I talk in that baby talk voice when I'm on TV, it's a put on.
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Well, it's very dangerous to project, but it's clear that the existing technology has some more years to go.
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We all feel really blessed to have been with my dad for these 85 years.
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Fitness, in my opinion, is a mental exercise more than just physical.
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There's a lot of rednecks in the country where I grew up.
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The hardest part was getting the window net hooked back. I didn't think I was ever going to get it hooked. I finally got it hooked. If I'd known that I wouldn't have tried to hook it.
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Runnin' through the alley and into the melee. Up on the second the sundown. Those run from January, November, December remember the 1st of the month.
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I'm hooked on Glenn Close in 'Damages.'
