Adlai E. Stevenson Quotes
Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.
Quotes to Explore
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Art breathes into life a surplus that is both vital and extraordinary.
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My father was a lawyer.
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During a movie, chemistry is so important, and yet they just assume actors can fake their way through it. That doesn't always work.
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I'm not really that girl who dreams about her wedding day.
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These activists who support immigrants inadvertently become part of this international human-smuggling network.
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Chicago still remains a Mecca of the Midwest - people from both coasts are kind of amazed how good life is in Chicago and what a good culture we've got. You can have a pretty wonderful artistic life and never leave Chicago.
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The progress of India is the destiny of one-sixth of humanity. And it will also mean a world more confident of its prosperity and more secure about its future.
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If I could gain 1,000 pounds and be healthy, I would love to do that.
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What's going on in the inside shows on the outside.
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I am so proud of being a Paralympian because I think the Games are a very good platform for disabled persons to perform themselves. Within the Paralympics movement, it's not just talk about excellence; it's not just talk about the competition. It's also talk about the equality and how your world accepts those disabled people.
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The gratification of desire is not happiness.
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I take certain steps to make sure I'm relevant artistically. I always have new music and a reason to be on the road. I'm not just playing 'Get By' over and over. I have 12 albums.
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I never read the life of any important person without discovering that he knew more and could do more than I could ever hope to know or do in half a dozen lifetimes.
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Enable every woman who can work to take her place on the labour front, under the principle of equal pay for equal work.
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I am a very reserved person and have very few friends in the industry, while most of my close ones are from school and college.
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I figure no matter how old you are, it's always going to be your first marriage and no life experience is going to make you a better judge of who you should marry.
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A song of mine called 'I'll Take Care of You' was on that 'Wide Open Spaces' Dixie Chicks album.
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Music is very abstract. When we talk about music, we're not discussing the music itself but rather how we react to it.
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Whatever your circumstances, whatever your past, the forces that determine your future are nowhere but within your own heart and mind. It is here that the star of your destiny shines.
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I am not a dancehall artist, and I am not a reggae artist.
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The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.
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All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.
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Our generation, and that of our children, will face its share of crises, just like every generation in the past. When those calls come, will you be ready? The answer depends on how we educate the next generation.
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Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.
