Maria Mitchell Quotes
An English village could never be mistaken for an American one: the outline against the sky differs; a thatched cottage makes a very wavy line on the blue above.
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So I feel a responsibility to help first-time film-makers in Brazil, but also to increase the dialogue between film cultures which are really wonderful and so much closer to us than what we do see on our screens.
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Celebs says we have no time for love, but I wouldn't say that.
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We need leaders who will stand unapologetically in defense of marriage.
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Between 1945 and 1965, the number of colonial people ruled by the British monarch plunged from 700 million to five million. In 1956, just three years after the coronation, the Suez canal crisis and Anthony Eden's humiliation ended all notions that Britain was a world superpower.
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A great sense of peace entered my body, and seemingly into every cell.
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My father was a jazz listener, and I think, at least before I was 5, I was not so into that. Although there were records that emphasized percussion that I liked, like Baby Dodds.
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Once there was a boy so meek and modest, he was awarded a Most Humble badge. The next day, it was taken away because he wore it. Here endeth the lesson.
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My little son, Atticus, desperately needs his dad and I haven't been there for him... and that's sad.
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One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it.
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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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Have a little faith. Don't give up.
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I think that was the case here. We just wanted it to be good for everybody.
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It is one thing to say that there is a constitutional right to keep a gun at home for protection. It is quite another to say there is a constitutional right to bring a hidden gun into a daycare center.
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I have rules for a lot of areas of my life. Love is not going to be one of them.
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Until he announced his immigration policy last week, Obama had the support of most Hispanic voters - but not the enthusiasm they had shown for him in 2008. That may be changing in part because of the decision not to deport young immigrants whose undocumented parents brought them here as children.
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It's a sin to be tired.
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The one person whom I would like to be is Meryl Streep. Even at her age, she sits alongside the younger heroines at the Oscars with her name in the nominee list, and others around her wonder whether they still stand a chance.
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We are in the entertainment business and we all know if you are top of the tree you get the big money. Those of us who have been in it are the fortunate ones but we understand that we probably don't deserve it as much as the nurses or teachers.
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The key to making a good forecast is not in limiting yourself to quantitative information.
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Something, or something awful or something wonderful was certain to happen on every day in this part of Africa.
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Man is lost and is wandering in a jungle where real values have no meaning. Real values can have meaning to man only when he steps on to the spiritual path, a path where negative emotions have no use.
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You have to stay focused and be mentally tough. That's what I've really learned: every day is a grind, and you have to go hard.
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I will continue to support legislation that provides American families and Seniors affordable health care.
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An English village could never be mistaken for an American one: the outline against the sky differs; a thatched cottage makes a very wavy line on the blue above.
