Marcia Gay Harden Quotes
With any tween, you have issues, from what they are going to wear to school, to how do you get them to speak politely, to how regularly they lose their contact lenses.
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The person who knows one thing and does it better than anyone else, even if it only be the art of raising lentils, receives the crown he merits. If he raises all his energy to that end, he is a benefactor of mankind and its rewarded as such.
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It took me a while and a lot of hard times to figure out my purpose, I am so happy with my life. I just want to help make other people happy, too.
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The nations of Africa, as is true of every continent of the world, from time to time dispute among themselves. These quarrels must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference.
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I'm just a Connecticut country boy. The people I've known, the changes of season, the call of the blue jay - when I'm away, all of them haunt me.
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Pursuit and seduction are the essence of sexuality. It's part of the sizzle.
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I don't try to sugarcoat things, but I also think my books make positive statements about the people and values in small-town America.
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Life wasn't about freeing up human souls. It was about creating obedient slaves in the hierarchical construction of the society - with God at the top, then the king and then the father.
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It is possible to tolerate anything as long as it only affects you. But the method of collective punishment is bigger than that.
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I just get focused on whatever is in front of me. When I was filming Crossroads, it had all my focus. Now I'm all focused on finishing my recording so I can get that out. It's just day by day.
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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
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When I was first elected I got 50% of the vote in '77 in the general election. In '81 I got 75%. In '85, I got 78%. No mayor has ever gotten that high a vote. So it was not an issue. Except for people who were very hostile to me. They thought they would injure me.
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The way I look at it is that somebody in the world, no matter what your field is - teacher, violinist, football player - has to be the best. Why not me?
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How are we to live with the desert, in the desert, within the desert?
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When you go back and really listen to the legendary rappers, this is timeless music. Guys like Biggie, guys like Pac, timeless music.
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In Shakespeare, unique individuals repudiate the stereotypes demanded by the structure of the play: Shylock commands our sympathy, Barnardine refuses to be hanged. Individuals trump the category.
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I was known for singing romantic songs to women, but I can also be that guy talking about why you can't be the only girl for me.
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Amen is not the end of a prayer, it just gets us ready to go to the next level.
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Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family.
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Our high school offered a comprehensive drama department where I was doing 'Angels in America' at 14.
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I think it's so important in preschool and in kindergarten and elementary school that we're not biasing ourselves.
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I'm no longer an artist, I'm a business partner.
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The richness I achieve comes from nature, the source of my inspiration.
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To me, it looks like an opportunity for school choice. I'd also like to see a pilot program to allow true school choice ? vouchers.
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With any tween, you have issues, from what they are going to wear to school, to how do you get them to speak politely, to how regularly they lose their contact lenses.
