Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
Quotes to Explore
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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If you're in a hit movie, it's good to be in another hit movie straight away.
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I realised that the political context had got worse since the 2010 World Cup. I tried to ignore it but I wanted, as a national coach - you may call this Utopia - to make Catalans and Basques feel good about supporting a Spanish side... to unite even the most sectarian and nationalist.
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You look at a Pete Rose to be the terrific athlete he is and then he falls on hard times, but when he played the game, I got something from the way he played the game because he hustled every play, and just because he had one mistake in his life, am I supposed to throw back everything that I gained from him?
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I'm very privy to the way bookstores work, and I think a lot about the ecosystem that my books have been published in. I think it's great to be aware of how publishing works.
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I didn't know anything about writing a screenplay, but somehow I ended up rewriting a screenplay.
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I think we should all call ourselves feminists.
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I want to be free... free to develop my art.
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Look at Islam in a rational manner and without demagoguery or emotion. It is the leading religion of the world with 1.5 billion followers.
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There are three orchestras in Munich, all world-quality, in a city of one million. Yet every hall is full.
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Why do we take pleasure in gruesome death, neatly packaged as a puzzle to which we may find a satisfactory solution through clues - or if we are not clever enough, have it revealed by the all-powerful tale-teller at the end of the book? It is something to do with being reduced to, and comforted by, playing by the rules.
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They put all this money into these huge films and then no one goes to see them. That sort of shows they're out of touch. Then everyone in town passes on my little movie and it does really well.
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Audiences are so much more sophisticated than they've ever been. They expect a lot more. I don't think because it's an hour of your Thursday night rather than an hour and a half of your weekend that you should be gypped at all in quality.
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Rap is the only interesting music left - it's the only genre that's still pushing itself, and experimenting in a way that I find exciting.
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History shows fans want consolidation; you see it across the web every place. The big players are people like Google, Amazon, eBay, Facebook.
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Ain't nothing but 10 grand. What's 10 grand to me?
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Les Miserables is one of my favorite stories.
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It's like, boom! – I've got a girlfriend. It turned out to be a good thing because it made me a rapper.
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How glad I am to be almost alone as an artist among artists, with the whole swarm of artists somewhere else.
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As comedy presents the vital rhythm of self-preservation, tragedy exhibits that of self-consummation.
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I would say that if you don't feel like talking to the crowd something is wrong and if you force yourself to talk to them things will happen and to that extent things aren't choreographed.
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We are in danger of being stern where God is tender, and of being tender where God is stern.
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With the Patriot Bill in place, the NSA no longer needed to get a warrant from a judge to tap into anybody's electronic information. A Surveillance State that would have boggled the mind of Orwell was born.
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When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
