Jimmy Carter Quotes
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I have great respect for children. And I have great respect for their ability as writers.
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No matter how many awards you've won or how many sales you've got, come the next book it's still a blank sheet of paper and you're still panicking like hell that you've got nothing new to say.
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Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force.
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American power worldwide is at its historic zenith.
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My favorite subject was either English or History. I had a really awesome high school education.
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Stealing is stealing. I don't care if it's on the Internet or you're breaking into a warehouse somewhere - it's theft.
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Yes, well I really hope I can make a difference, even in the smallest way. I am looking forward to helping as much as I can.
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It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end.
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He had at last discovered that love had no pith in it, and that the projection of one own's feelings upon the images of a beloved was in the long run, an act of self-mutilation.
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Così fa ch'ella un poco il duol raffrena;Ch'avendo ove sfogarlo, è meno acerbo.
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The government is not God. It does not have the right to take away that which it can’t return even if it wants to.
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I never see how meaty my role is. If I like the script in its entirety, the director, or if my co-star is someone I greatly admire, I sign up. You learn so much being part of a great team.
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We are not generally included in that narrative - people of color - definitely, women of color don't normally fit that narrative that has been built around the whole image and the whole story of the Silicon Valley.
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I wasn't really serious about acting - I was serious about baseball.
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I think it's great to grow up in a small town because you're just dying to break loose.
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Football's extremely important to me. iIt's my passion.
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It is enough for me to pick up but a straw from the ground for the love of God.
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My style of writing is to allow the story to unfold on its own. I try not to structure my work too rigidly.
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It's not my dreams that get me in trouble, it's the things my wife dreams I did...My wife punched me in the middle of the night; I woke up, I was like 'Oww! What was that for?' She said 'I dreamt you were making out with Faith Hill.' I said 'I wasn't dreaming anything! Send her over to my dream, we'll both be happy.'
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The same liberty that protects me also protects members of the Mafia.
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Again, in Wag the Dog, war has to be declared by an act of congress. But if you go to war, you don't have to declare war. You're just at war and we did that, which is not legal.
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You just have to be very humble if America has really worked for you like it has for me. Most of my friends are poor. Most of my siblings are poor. I see how hard it is just to get money unless you've got some incredible luck or work incredibly hard. I want everyone to do well. I wish 'Wayne's World' money on you!
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I have a great deal of confidence in myself and in my faith.
