Adlai E. Stevenson Quotes
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I get depressed at airports.
Adam Carolla
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Obviously, as you get a little older, you are not going to be quite as quick or quite as strong, and so I might be regarded by some as the underdog... There is actually a statue of Big Ben and I in Perth, Ont., and I was on a Canadian stamp once, and normally you have to be dead to do either of those things, and, well, here I am, still going.
Ian Millar
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War is death. If we are to engage in war, then we should have to stare it straight in the face and call it by its rightful name.
Aaron Huey
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I have two main bass guitars, and my main bass is a four-string 1964 Fender Jazz, and I've named it Justine.
Malcolm-Jamal Warner
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Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been known to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.
Mahatma Gandhi
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That's one of the lucky things about getting the success later on. I know how I want to dress, I know what kind of house I want to live in, I just know more about myself, and that's true about the roles I want to play and what parts of myself I want to express. You're just more in touch with yourself.
Naomi Watts
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
K. A. Applegate
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You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth, by being earnest.
Randy Pausch
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I have to get a workout in in the morning. Once my day starts, I'll have the best intentions, and it still won't happen: one of the kids needs to be picked up somewhere, I have to hop on a conference call, or I'm just tired. So I get it done in the A.M.
Laila Ali
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I can't cook to save my life.
Vidya Balan
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What I love to say when people ask me about being a Christian, I always say, 'Christians aren't perfect.' They're probably some of the worst people on the planet. They just know that they need Jesus. That's the only difference.
Yvette Nicole Brown
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I was in Congress for six months, and they put me on blood pressure medication. I flew helicopters in combat and I was fine, and I survived 13 months in recovery in the hospital... I got to Congress, and six months later I'm on blood pressure medication. Fourteen months later, they doubled the dosage!
Tammy Duckworth
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I made the cover of 'Sports Illustrated,' 'Newsweek' and 'Time' all in one week, and I didn't even know what that meant.
Nadia Comaneci
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I think I might become a pescatarian. I love sushi, couldn't give it up.
Victoria Pendleton
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Visitor: Monsieur Degas, were there any of Monet's pictures at the Durand-Ruel exhibition?Degas: Why, I met Monet himself there, and I said to him, 'Let me get out of here. Those reflections in the water hurt my eyes!' His pictures were always too draughty for me. If it had been any worse I should have had to turn up my coat collar.
Edgar Degas
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When I was young, I couldn't imagine women of 60 falling in love. For one thing, people used to stay married; they weren't out in the jungle, searching for romance. Besides, these women just looked so ancient - permed hair, beige cardis.
Deborah Moggach
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A man's worth can be judged through those who dislike him.
Bill Loguidice
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Making peace is harder than making war.
Adlai E. Stevenson
