Camille Paglia Quotes
I've been a longtime admirer of Condoleezza Rice, because I like her articulateness and style – her toughness and rigor.
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I have to keep reminding myself: If you give your life to God, he doesn't promise you happiness and that everything will go well. But he does promise you peace. You can have peace and joy, even in bad circumstances.
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Fame has become this obsession for people, which kind of creeps me out.
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I feel like, for me, different environments are very important to me creatively. I think it's my norm to be on the move.
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Every year is pressure. You need to put in on yourself to go out and perform.
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If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar.
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I've always made sequels, even when I was making Super 8 movies if the audience liked it.
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A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.
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If your mom is still around, you're so lucky.
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Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not.
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When I turned 11, my dad decorated a room at the Standard hotel in Los Angeles in a '60s, Austin Powers style. There was human bowling: You run inside a giant inflatable ball and try to knock down pins. To this day, adults say it was one of the craziest parties they've ever been to.
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Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian.
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I believe the National Park Service has demonstrated strong partnerships geared towards respecting the private property of citizens in its administering of the current Trail of Tears National Historic Trail and will continue to do so upon the addition of the routes.
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As we continue to step up our investment in education, we must not sidestep our commitment to the principle of local control.
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I used to be a dancer, and for me it was a really good combination of dance and acting.
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You don't get to the highest levels of the sport without having the basics in order.
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When children are hungry, sleepy from a night spent fighting untreated asthma, or hobbled by symptoms of undiagnosed illnesses, they are less likely to do well in school.
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The polls and the pundits and the media seem to talk to each other. It's sort of like an echo chamber.
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Truth is a tendency.
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I think God's wrath and purgatory are the only things keeping me on the straight and narrow. I like the idea of purgatory. It's like a cosmic do-over.
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There are no two countries with the same style of economic mechanism, with the same capitalism.
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You must enjoy the journey because whether or not you get there, you must have fun on the way.
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Just as people have long believed that strengthening ties of trade improves the prospects for peace and the free exchange of ideas, Facebook friendships or Twitter followings already transcend national borders.
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There are more sure marks of authenticity in the Bible that in any profane history.
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I've been a longtime admirer of Condoleezza Rice, because I like her articulateness and style – her toughness and rigor.
