Duke Ellington Quotes
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In my district, the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles handle approximately 44 percent of all of the goods delivered to American shores, yet they are in constant need of revenue for facilities, improvements and upgrades to roads and bridges and rails.
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The Romantics were whipping boys of the New Criticism, but they appealed to me anyway. I was recalcitrant. It was clear to me that they had thought innovatively.
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I've done comedy most of my career, which I love, but I wanted to expand.
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The fairytale has turned into a nightmare.
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I am in that glorious position where I can redesign and re-package my own work.
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The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.
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My stories are Alaska stories, and they need to be told in Alaska. Evergreen Films is located in Alaska; the company does amazing work, and I am thrilled at the prospect of working together.
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I'll keep doing my training and I'm sure the goals will come.
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My earlier exposure to physics certainly helped me in the use of biophysical techniques like crystallography, the use of computing, calculations, etc.
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This whole idea that we address environmental issues by not doing stuff just doesn't work.
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As an actress, as you get older, you find yourself in a situation where you play mothers or women who are hoping to be mothers.
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Totalitarianism is feudalism in the twelfth century sense of the word.
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If Republicans want to be seen as more compassionate, they should continue to stand proudly for the sanctify of life and marriage. And they should do so without apologizing.
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North Americans don't understand... that our country is not just Cuba; our country is also humanity.
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You can write the best book you can, and that might still not be enough. Appeal isn't something that most writers can't strive for or identify. It's something even the best agents and editors can't always identify.
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It's rare to find women who have that balance between work and life, who are really psyched for another woman's success.
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The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world.
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I don't have any regrets at all.
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I know when I get down and discouraged, it's hard for me to be able to just see anything except for right where I am.
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Real change happens when you feel genuinely inspired, turned on by possibility and unwilling to settle for anything less.
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My dad's always been a famous actor, so I've grown up with that, and with the lifestyle. In a way, I think I thrive on the insecurity that comes with it. Not in my private life - I like to believe that my friendships and my relationships are strong.
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I have no interest in Shakespeare and all that British nonsense... I just wanted to get famous and all the rest is hogwash.
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My mother took me to Venice one time and showed me all the houses where famous composers used to live. It gave me a fascination for music and the city, but also for architecture. It was a valuable lesson.
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Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn’t want me to be too famous too young.
