Bernard Beckett Quotes
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How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair!
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Often, a serial killer has no felony record.
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You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.
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I have a free voice. I have a free mind. I have freedom of expression.
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In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.
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I am forever grateful for 'Cheers.'
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The non-utility of my kitchen could be transformed into its utility for art. To do a show there would mix art and life, naturally.
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Boy, I'll tell you, when the Rams drafted me No. 1, it surprised me. I was walking on air for days.
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All my life I have fought corruption.
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Once people take ownership over the decision to receive feedback, they're less defensive about it.
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Commercials capture your attention, that's all.
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I started with paragliding. Paragliding is taking off from mountains with a paraglider, with the possibility to fly cross-country, distance, just with the use of thermals to soar. Also, different aerobatic maneuvers are possible with a paraglider. From there, I started with skydiving.
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Make no mistake, adolescence is a war. No one gets out unscathed.
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It is impossible, in my mind, to distinguish between the refusal to receive a petition, or its summary rejection by some general order, and the denial of the right of petition.
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Pakistan has accepted some security training from the CIA, but U.S. export restrictions and Pakistani suspicions have prevented the two countries from sharing the most sophisticated technology for safeguarding nuclear components.
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I just wrapped a new show for Amazon called 'Transparent.'
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We have a saying in France. A dog doesn't make a cat.
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I'll never look down on and I love running into actors who say 'Oh yeah, I did a soap.' I say 'Tell me which one!' It's like being a member of a secret society.
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I have said that propaganda, misinformation, and disinformation have always been part of political warfare. Social media and other new platforms have given it a new life and reach through which the fake news phenomenon can reach everywhere.
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Anyone who says that writing for children or teens is easier than writing for adults has never tried it, because they are so much more critical than adults. You cannot get anything past them.
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I think there's a kind of desperate hope built into poetry that one really wants, hopelessly, to save the world. One is trying to say everything that can be said for the things that one loves while there's still time.
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Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that goes on, it adds up.
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I'm very conventional compared to my parents.
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Superstition is the need to view the world in terms of simple cause and effect.
