Lyman Beecher Quotes
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No one has a name in 'The Road.' Like Cormac McCarthy's novel from which it's adapted, 'The Road' features characters such as the man, the boy, the wife, the old man and the veteran.
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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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We don't know all the answers. If we knew all the answers we'd be bored, wouldn't we? We keep looking, searching, trying to get more knowledge.
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The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
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I study what's happening in music. I want to sound different than everybody else.
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I think I'm a bit odd.
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A lot of people who curate in the business, and curate the art, don't really have good artistic sense. They may know commerce, but they aren't savvy enough to know how to balance commerce and art, you know? They don't know how to satisfy both palates.
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When I was doing all this acting stuff, all these kids, like, assumed, 'Oh, my God, you're on TV, and you probably have a lot of money.' And I was living in a garage.
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We've got to step up our conservation efforts before it's too late. We're not protecting our lands and natural resources. Take the Grand Canyon for example; I'm sure that at one time it was a beautiful piece of land, and just look at the way we've let it go.
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I detest flying anywhere. Left to my own devices, I'd never leave my keyboard.
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Take, for example, the African jungle, the home of the cheetah. On whom does the cheetah prey? The old, the sick, the wounded, the weak, the very young, but never the strong. Lesson: If you would not be prey, you had better be strong.
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In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.
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Long before we understand ourselves through the process of self-examination, we understand ourselves in a self-evident way in the family, society and state in which we live.
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My job is making money, helping other people make money. I am spending money, trying to make sure more people get rich, because you cannot spend a lot of money, right? So my job is spending money, helping others. This is a headache.
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In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.
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A film set is the most comfortable place I could be in the world; that's what I know.
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I sure am handsome. I can't lie. This is one handsome guy.
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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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I really believe that a writer is someone who has trained their mind to misbehave.
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Keeping up with the Joneses was a full-time job with my mother and father. It was not until many years later when I lived alone that I realized how much cheaper it was to drag the Joneses down to my level.
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When I died last, and dear, I die As often as from thee I go.
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I have copies of the books my grandfather illustrated for Scribner's in each house. I read those books all the time.
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Sometimes it would be nice to just have some red wine with dinner, but it's not worth the risk. I have a great life, a great situation. Why would I want to risk self-destructive behaviour?
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No great advance has been made in science, politics, or religion without controversy.
