Adlai E. Stevenson Quotes
We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on its vulnerable reserves of air and soil, all committed, for our safety, to its security and peace. Preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work and the love we give our fragile craft.
Quotes to Explore
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For me, songwriting starts with a melody. When a musician plays a chord progression, either the words and vocal melody come to me, or they don't. That's how I determine who to write with. It works, or it doesn't.
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You think about taking audiences on a journey.
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It was very difficult when I was trying to figure out how to have a marriage and babies and do this at the same time. There was no handbook. You were making it up as you went along.
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The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.
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I do think that 'Pretty Little Liars' has raised the bar in how social media can tie into the fan base watching the show.
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There are some movies you do for the character; there are some movies you do for the people.
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If my child had prejudice in his head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent.
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I can't say I'm having trouble with my husband or that I have a stubborn child.
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It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.
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People in their 70s can still have incredible lives. Health is the most important thing.
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Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.
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There's a generative material relationship between the material and the image that comes up.
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You are where you are today because you have chosen to be there.
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You can't be around Oprah and not have her influence you, and I don't mean that because she's doling out the free advice. I mean it because she is someone that leads with truth and follows her heart. She's a force.
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The most important thing for me is to walk the little alleys of the city, to find the little alcove where someone is cooking something, and just watch them do it. That's my idea of fun.
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I go back and forth between indie and studio because I feel like it, not because I feel obligated to do one or the other.
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I just came back from my hometown, making a movie about a kid who grew up just like me, and it was financed by white people in New York. Personally, I can't be angry. In my personal experience, the support was there.
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Love is dangerous; it's not something to be trifled with. As good as it feels on the way in, it feels that much worse on the way out.
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Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred.
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The actions of those in power can have enormous consequences - a price that they themselves almost never have to pay.
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If there's another 9/11 or a major war in the Middle-East involving a U.S. attack on Iran, I have no doubt that there will be, the day after or within days an equivalent of a Reichstag fire decree that will involve massive detentions in this country.
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My undergraduate education, at the City College in New York, was made possible only by the existence of that excellent free institution and the financial sacrifices of my parents.
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I preferred the simplest vocabulary.
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We travel together, passengers on a little spaceship, dependent on its vulnerable reserves of air and soil, all committed, for our safety, to its security and peace. Preserved from annihilation only by the care, the work and the love we give our fragile craft.
