Adlai E. Stevenson Quotes
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Congress seems to be very good at doing nothing.
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In Sweden, they broadcast the American shows in English with Swedish subtitles, whereas in many European countries they dub them. Watching those shows in English was big for me.
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Well, the crazy thing for me is I think out of anything that's happened in the last year, all the success, people always ask what do you guys do with the money? I don't think they realize we're not really making any money.
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Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
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What I mean by photographing as a participant rather than observer is that I'm not only involved directly with some of the activities that I photograph, such as mountain climbing, but even when I'm not I have the philosophy that my mind and body are part of the natural world.
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I am a rereader. Quality is variety if you wait long enough. Barthes, Baudelaire, Benjamin, Celine, Duras, Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Melville: There is so much to revisit. 'Ingrid Caven,' by Jean-Jacques Schuhl, is always in rotation. I used to read 'Morvern Callar,' by Alan Warner, every year - I adored that book.
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Humans are amphibians - half spirit and half animal. As spirits they belong to the eternal world, but as animals they inhabit time.
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There's nothing wrong with being fired.
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I have a coach but there's nobody at my level in Gaza. I have to do most of my training sessions on my own.
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I was just a mini-star when we did 'Gone With the Wind.'
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The trouble with a kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat.
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Every kid, every minority kid can be so successful if they focus on their education.
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I take very seriously my responsibility as Secretary-General to make sure that the United Nations is doing everything it can to uphold the universal prohibition on the use of chemical weapons.
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There are so many cute vintage dresses made out of synthetics from the '60s and '70s - but they're so itchy and hot. It's not worth it!
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I have had brown hair and bangs since I was 2. One year I dyed it blonde, which felt so weird.
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Idleness is the heaviest of all oppressions.
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Stop exposing your children to danger by sending them to throw bombs and stones at soldiers and civilians.
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Shock 'n' Awe. We bring the BoomWow.13
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Don't be afraid of putting on color, refine the work little by little. Don't proceed according to rules and principles, but paint what you observe and feel.. .One must have only one master – nature; she is the one always be consulted.
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I could have made a lot of money doing 'Golden Girls,' and I would have been good. But the image of it! And for me to work with Betty White every day would be like taking cyanide.
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I know stereotypes have a bad reputation, people say, "Oh, you shouldn't stereotype people," but I think it's important to recognize that we couldn't function in the world without stereotypes.
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When you're in medicine - especially when you're a resident in a public hospital - you feel like you're doing your part. But not when you're a writer.
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The cow is the purest type of sub-human life.
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In quiet places, reason abounds.
