Eleanor Roosevelt Quotes
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?Eleanor Roosevelt
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.
Ingrid Newkirk -
If you're in a hit movie, it's good to be in another hit movie straight away.
Val Kilmer -
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.
Vicente del Bosque -
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?
Walter Payton -
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.
Gabrielle Zevin -
I didn't know anything about writing a screenplay, but somehow I ended up rewriting a screenplay.
Kate DiCamillo
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I think we should all call ourselves feminists.
Hanna Rosin -
I want to be free... free to develop my art.
Natalia Makarova -
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.
Zbigniew Brzezinski -
There are three orchestras in Munich, all world-quality, in a city of one million. Yet every hall is full.
Zubin Mehta -
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.
Zach Braff -
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.
Maggie Q
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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.
Harmony Korine -
History shows fans want consolidation; you see it across the web every place. The big players are people like Google, Amazon, eBay, Facebook.
Irving Azoff -
Ain't nothing but 10 grand. What's 10 grand to me?
Randy Moss -
Les Miserables is one of my favorite stories.
Larry King -
I'm very much interested in music specifically and wanted to make a film about it, but not in an atmosphere of censorship.
Bahman Ghobadi -
There is a month, a year, there is a time In which majesty is a mirror of the self: I have not but I am and as I am, I am.
Wallace Stevens
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I hit the ball early and move my wrist a lot, so I get bigger angles.
Alexandr Dolgopolov -
I grew up watching foreign programs - American, English, Mexican, and very little Kenyan. 'The Color Purple' was the first time I saw people who looked like me.
Lupita Nyong'o -
The largest untapped constituency in American politics are the 300 million American citizens who have been completely left out of the immigration debate.
Jeff Sessions -
I am the slave of my baptism. Parents, you have caused my misfortune, and you have caused your own.
Arthur Rimbaud -
He who meanly admires mean things is a Snob.
William Makepeace Thackeray -
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
Eleanor Roosevelt