Margaret Carlson Quotes
I think of Oprah as a Mother Joseph wannabe, a daytime oracle rewarding the good and punishing the bad.
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Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation are not utopian ideals. They are critical to global peace and security.
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When you sing gospel you have a feeling there is a cure for what's wrong.
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I've had the good fortune to have a much more diverse life than most people would, professional sports and television and news and movies.
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Fame didn't happen to me in my 20s, it has been a gradual thing which probably makes it easier to deal with.
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I've been working on this feature script for Master Class, a play by Terrence McNally that won a lot of Tonys.
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With freedom comes responsibility, and I can think of no responsibility greater than putting on a U.S military uniform and standing in the gap between an enemy threat and civilian life.
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I'm always surprised when an actor goes so deeply into the truth that they shake you to your core.
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I do think that 'Pretty Little Liars' has raised the bar in how social media can tie into the fan base watching the show.
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The country needs more than one-party dominance, as much as I believe the Democratic Party is the party for the middle class... We need to have a marketplace of ideas.
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Sex appeal is in the workplace every day of the week. I'm not saying that's the only calling card, but it's a whole crayon box.
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Now science has presented us with a hope called stem cell research, which may provide our scientists with many answers that have for so long been beyond our grasp.
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If you realize you aren't so wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you're wiser today.
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And it just made me realize again because I have know it for some time, that you never get comfortable in this. No matter who you are. No matter who... how successful you are.
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I'd love to have William Faulkner, Beethoven and Bach over. I want to find out what makes those guys tick!
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All one needs to do is read - books, magazines, research the Internet - and pay attention to the influencers in their lives to discover the myriad people of strong moral character who have and still are making positive, meaningful contributions and differences in our world.
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I tend to like simple music. And clever, succinct lyrics. Songs that don't try to be more than they need to to be effective, to stir up something emotionally within you.
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I used to be very photogenic. My brother took a lot of pictures of me in Dubai. I thought maybe I could be a movie star. There was a hurdle, though - I didn't know anything about films.
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Whatever you think of Trump, I think most people would agree he is impulsive, and we certainly have an impulsive leader in North Korea in Kim Jong-un. That's an unholy combination.
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In graduate school, I was a student of E.L. Doctorow, and he had us read 'Moby-Dick' in a week.
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I understand how a first impression is often just that: a quick snapshot that, on its own merit, is meaningless.
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I can only hope that my future movies will do well.
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Money makes people bold and cosmopolitan; if you are poor, you are naturally conservative. It's not easy to be a bohemian when you have to worry about what is going to happen with you and with your next paycheck.
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The muse is not an angelic voice that sits on your shoulder and sings sweetly. The muse is the most annoying whine. The muse isn't hard to find, just hard to like - she follows you everywhere, tapping you on the shoulder, demanding that you stop doing whatever else you might be doing and pay attention to her.
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I think of Oprah as a Mother Joseph wannabe, a daytime oracle rewarding the good and punishing the bad.
