Margaret Wise Brown Quotes
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It's really hard for me to commit, one way or the other. I was just always creating and seeing what came out.
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Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero.
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The main thing I want to do is make people feel more connected and more active.
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Success is dependent upon the glands - sweat glands.
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The idea that corporations have the same First Amendment protections of free speech as people is troubling. Corporations are not people. They don't attend our schools, get married and have children. They don't vote in our elections.
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Whenever you show up on a set where you haven't been from the beginning - at least myself - I'm kind of quiet. I just watch the politics and how everything unfolds.
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I want to live in a country that is not just a place but also an idea, and Jerusalem is the heart of the idea. There may be practical considerations, but a country cannot exist without an ethos, and Jerusalem is an ethos.
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There were high school coaches such as Charles Boston that took me under his wing and taught me the fundamentals of football. And when I went to college there was Robert Hill who took me there and he showed me what hard work and determination would do if you put forth the effort and you take a little time.
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The foundation of family - that's where it all begins for me.
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Vegetables are interesting but lack a sense of purpose when unaccompanied by a good cut of meat.
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As a neurosurgeon, I did not believe in the phenomenon of near-death experiences.
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Comedians paint ourselves into corners all the time, and tastes in comedy change. The guy in 'The Hangover' was a really fun character to do, and it was easy to do. But you have to find other things because audiences will let you do that for a little bit, and then they're like, 'What else do you have for us, monkey?'
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But when I played Woodstock, I'll never forget that moment looking out over the hundreds of thousands of people, the sea of humanity, seeing all those people united in such a unique way. It just touched me in a way that I'll never forget.
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One way to reduce the need for layoffs would be to cut back on hours, spreading the available work among more employees.
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I think it's cool people love to hate me.
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The key, of course, is to stay away from the losing years.
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You know what a champion is? A champion is someone who's ready when the gong rings - not just before, not just after - but when it rings.
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Well, yeah, but I probably wasn't as open about my desperation.
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When you reach 50, what you care about is being honest, being accurate, and being an example.
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I try to pick characters that I find interesting and complex and that I feel I can bring something of myself to.
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French girls don't care about the perfect look; we actually like when it's not perfect because that's what makes our style effortless.
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I think for me, or for anyone who plays the quarterback position, it's almost an unspoken word when you think about leadership. Some guys can be a leader and be a running back or a lineman, or wide receiver, strong safety, or linebacker. But when you speak of quarterbacks, it's automatically a default that you're supposed to be a leader.
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Despite all I have seen and experienced, I still get the same simple thrill out of glimpsing a tiny patch of snow in a high mountain gully and feel the same urge to climb towards it.
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Everything that anyone would ever look for is usually where they find it.
