Jimmy Carter Quotes
We have a tendency to condemn people who are different from us, to define their sins as paramount and our own sinfulness as being insignificant.
Quotes to Explore
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A fair question could be posed in this fashion: If people are not obeying existing laws, what makes us think they would obey any new laws?
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You know, it's a really adult thing, for some people, to choose to not be with the one that you love.
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I don't like getting people upset, so that's not my goal. But I like putting people in situations where how they respond says a lot about them.
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I love helping friends, and I like to think I am a good listener and supportive. I'm also just kind of nosy, so it would satisfy my need to know other people's stories.
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It is inexcusable that the richest country in the world does not take care of all of its people. We don't consider ourselves idealistic; we're thoughtfully trying to make a beautiful health care model.
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I don't want to be disrespectful to people who are incredible at their craft, but the truth is, if I didn't get paid for it, I wouldn't act. The best-paying jobs are usually the worst films. You're a very small cog in a big machine.
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I remember, in my first show in New York, they asked, 'Where is the Indian-ness in your work?'... Now, the same people, after having watched the body of my work, say, 'There is too much Indian philosophy in your work.' They're looking for a superficial skin-level Indian-ness, which I'm not about.
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I usually find myself hiking in a place that not a lot of people go hiking, just trying to find some solitude. I like being out in the middle of nowhere. Not always, but it's a good place to go to just reflect and think, and it's something I really enjoy.
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I know as soon as a game is finished if I have done well. I don't need people to tell me. I want to achieve perfection.
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There are so many movies people make just to make money.
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The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy. If you want to go towards democracy, the first thing is to involve the people in decision making, not to make it.
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The environment shapes people's actions.
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'The Islamic people, the Arabs, were the ones who captured Africans, put them in slavery, and sent them to America as slaves. Why would the people in America want to embrace the religion of slavers.'
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What people mean by consultation is an imitation of what they see in America; pressure groups and lobby groups..It's an unthinking adoption of Western practices of development without any pruning and modification to suit our circumstances.
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I deeply resent the destruction of federalism represented by Hillary Clinton's willingness to go into a state she doesn't even live in and pretend to represent the people there. So I certainly wouldn't imitate it.
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The poet creates it; the people by recitation recreate it. Poet and reader (hearer) are moments of the same reality.
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Hannah: Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.
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I will say it is funny that writing a song about not wanting to entertain people is what got me a career in entertainment.
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Some people are really good at their jobs, some people are really bad.
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I don't have any real "process." Some people in Nashville go in like an assembly line. They're able to go and write. My son runs a publishing company. He has writers that come down. They get together in a room with the people that actually make appointments, and write - which is great. I can't do that very well.
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It's an awesome district and to have busted it up would have been almost blasphemy.
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I'm always composing and trying to learn more about the business. In today's market, it's more important than ever to be self-sufficient as an artist. I am in law school and that has helped me in so many ways. It's cool to know what I'm signing and I hope to be able to advise other artists.
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Music is the ethereal connection between this world and the other.
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We have a tendency to condemn people who are different from us, to define their sins as paramount and our own sinfulness as being insignificant.
