Elihu Root Quotes
Prejudice and passion and suspicion are more dangerous than the incitement of self-interest or the most stubborn adherence to real differences of opinion regarding rights.
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With a face like this, there aren't a lot of lawyers or priest roles coming my way. I've got a face that was meant for a mug shot, and that's what I've been doing for the past thirty years.
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Cooking is like music: you can tell when someone puts love into it. I come from a place where there was so much attention to detail. The population is smaller in the South, so more attention is given to serving smaller numbers of people.
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If you look at the scientists who really make a difference, they think boldly. They're not afraid to question what they see.
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When you can score three goals without the most prolific scorer in the world, you know you have a lot of depth, and it gives you confidence.
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I've been lucky enough to have fulfilled so many ambitions, and gone way past anything I ever thought I would do. I could never have imagined the career that I've had with the Foo Fighters - playing stadiums and having songs on the radio. It's amazing, and my goal is really just to carry on playing.
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It's a heavy burden to look up at the mountain and want to start the climb.
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I didn't know I was compared to Elizabeth Montgomery, but I think that I'm in very good company with her.
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The '90s are really the 'Sex and the City' woman, and I think, right now, the new contemporary woman is the 'Lipstick Jungle' woman.
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I just realized the best way to live your life is to just be you, as cliche as it sounds. I grew up trying to please everyone.
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I come from a Christian faith. I am not going to give you insight into my particular beliefs.
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I sometimes get that wonderful sympathy between me and the audience, telling me I've reached their hearts. And when I do, the thrill is mine.
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Mum is the girliest of them all, but she ended up with me, the tomboy.
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As a kid, my grandma would be dancing all the time.
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Different astronauts sleep in different ways.
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I think it's a common misconception in the civilian community that the military community is filled with just drills and discipline and pain. They forget that these are humans who are in an abnormal situation.
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In a word I was a pioneer, and therefore had to blaze my own trail.
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Family responsibility, yes, and always. Family bankruptcy due to the cruel rules of government, no.
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I hated the fact that I had to read 'Moby-Dick' as a senior in high school.
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I also think a Hot Mom is someone who can connect with what's current in her kids' world.
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Part of the business of being an artist is abetting talent. The best do that.
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Love hurts the most when you really love. Sometimes you think you're in love, and then you find out that you're not because you're not really hurting. But when it's real love, then it's gonna hurt. It's supposed to hurt because it's real.
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Probably most dying patients, even when suffering greatly, would choose to live as long as possible. That courage and grace should be protected and honored, and we should put every effort into treating their symptoms.
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The way the people around you position themselves around you to get in your pockets and in your mind is infuriating to me.
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Prejudice and passion and suspicion are more dangerous than the incitement of self-interest or the most stubborn adherence to real differences of opinion regarding rights.
