Jimmy Carter Quotes
America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.
Quotes to Explore
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There's nothing that will change someone's moral outlook quicker than cash in large sums.
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The orthogonal features, when combined, can explode into complexity.
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If you want to read and you want to draw, that helps you to express yourself.
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I believed or thought I was disoriented and the victim of a bizarre dream and I believe I paced in and out of the room and possibly into one of the other rooms. I may have re-examined her, finally believing that this was true.
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This story's gonna grab people. It's about this guy, he's crazy about this girl, but he likes to wear dresses. Should he tell her? Should he not tell her? He's torn, Georgie. This is drama.
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I have a son, Mason, who is disabled - cerebral palsy - and he does not walk independently, sit independently or speak. He uses a talking computer. I started becoming an advocate for him when he was 3 years old.
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There's obviously nothing wrong with selling your art - only an idiot with a trust fund would tell you otherwise. But it's confusing to know how far you should take it.
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I'm like a kid in a sweet shop every day. It's slightly cringey how much fun I have.
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It wouldn't bother me at all not to play on my own album.
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I really haven't liked the commercialization of mountaineering, particularly of Mt. Everest. By paying $65,000, you can be conducted to the summit by a couple of good guides.
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It's constantly fascinating for me that something that feels absolutely right one year, 12 months later feels like the wrong thing to do.
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A lovely nook of forest scenery, or a grand rock, like a beautiful woman, depends for much of its attractiveness upon the attendance sense of freedom from whatever is low; upon a sense of purity and of romance.
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You never want to rest on your laurels. You want to keep doing things that terrify you.
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We're still in a recession. We're not gonna be out of it for a while, but we will get out.
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Now, since I'm a husband and father, discrimination against women isn't just political, it's personal.
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For me, it's important that the script is good. Then a good director will want to make it.
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The European Union remains a staunch supporter of the ICC and is committed to full co-operation on the prevention of serious crimes falling under the jurisdiction of the Court.
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Human beings have always been mythmakers.
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It's human nature that if you get 20 positive comments and one negative one, you're going to focus on the negative. We all do that. It can be something that drags you down. It's easy to get bogged down with it, but I try to concentrate on the good things.
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I'm glad I get to live in the United States of America.
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America has no functioning democracy at this moment.
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Do you think my mind is maturing late, or simply rotted early?
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When you ask your white friends what their cultural heritage is, they don't just say white. They give you a math equation. 'Well, I'm a third German and a fourth Irish and one-sixteenth Welsh and one-fortieth Native American for college applications.'
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America did not invent human rights. In a very real sense human rights invented America.
