Jimmy Carter Quotes
What are the things that you can't see that are important? I would say justice, truth, humility, service, compassion, love...They're the guiding lights of a life.
Quotes to Explore
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I think we all feel geeky at times, don't we? Isn't that all a part of the wonderful tapestry of life?
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I like strong female characters. I try to write them as role models for young girls.
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I expect the Republicans will enjoy a large bounce out of their convention. They're here wrapping themselves in the 9/11 flag, which I think is inappropriate in many ways, but it's their choice.
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Reducing debt through budgetary consolidation is essential to restoring Europe's financial health.
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For clothes and accessories, I love my friend's boutique; One by One and UT.LAB for shoes.
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People throw things at me sometimes, at big festivals.
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I don't understand why young entrepreneurs feel this pressure to take venture capital or go public. Don't get me wrong: Public companies are A-OK with me. I just think there is another way. Staying private is a lot more sane.
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I taught a lot of art history, especially Chinese, Japanese, and Indian. But the painting classes came back. The nudes came back. Not so much the still lifes. So now our department is the worst department, partly because it has the worst facilities.
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I think remorse ought to stop biting the consciences that feed it.
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My favorite soundtrack is 'Avatar.' It's the best thing in the world. I love it.
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I had seen some films made about the underground music world in Tehran, and most of them were short documentaries about 30 or 40 minutes long. And I always wondered why they weren't publicized more. Really, their only flaw was they were short documentaries.
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I just don't eat too much. That's never been my problem.
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I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
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Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.
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I know, as an actor, you have to negotiate, but I can't handle the whole idea that art and commerce are synonymous. It drives me nuts.
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The Gili Islands gave me some of my best scuba diving experiences, including tons of turtles.
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For each episode the five of us are all wearing clothes by the same designer. It's a different designer for each episode, but for each one we're all wearing their clothes.
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As a culture, working-class white Americans like myself had no heroes. We loved the military but had no George S. Patton figure in the modern army. I doubt my neighbours could even name a high-ranking military officer.
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The truth is that we were born to have it all. And part of our handicap as adults is that we no longer understand our potential.
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Those Dutchmen had hardly any imagination or fantasy, but their good taste and their scientific knowledge of composition were enormous.
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The world will continue to be hit by natural disasters and hateful mass killings, but communities bounce back stronger, so keep going.
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It is nonsense to speak of 'higher' and 'lower' pleasures. To a hungry man it is, rightly, more important that he eat than that he philosophize.
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Your identity is like your shadow: not always visible and yet always present.
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What are the things that you can't see that are important? I would say justice, truth, humility, service, compassion, love...They're the guiding lights of a life.
