Al Gore Quotes
The planet has a fever. If your baby has a fever, you go to the doctor. If the doctor says you need to intervene here, you don't say, 'Well, I read a science fiction novel that told me it's not a problem.' If the crib's on fire, you don't speculate that the baby is flame retardant. You take action.
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I'm not saying anything to denigrate 'Criminal Minds'; that's a great show. I just didn't appreciate it anymore. I appreciate those people, but I realized my heart wasn't in and I needed to go because plenty of people would rip their arm off to be on that show, so they should be.
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It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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When people don't understand my work, I don't feel like explaining.
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There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death.
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People go to extraordinary lengths to get films made.
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The goal is to divide my time between stage and film.
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Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody conflicts.
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Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character.
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I feel like the luckiest person on the planet. 'Tron' was such a departure for me.
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There are certain things women are better at than men.
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Six years, I didn't act. Then I wrote myself a role - I won prizes all over the world.
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Have a little faith. Don't give up.
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My goal, as always, is simply to inform the public about an issue that is nearly impossible for them to learn about on their own. That is my only goal as a reporter.
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We love it when we make mistakes that are better than something you could think up.
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No matter where you are from, no matter what your background is, no matter what your socioeconomic status is, every person can achieve his or her dreams.
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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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At the risk of sounding like Virginia Woolf, I could live on £700 a year.
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I've had a lot of really influential people in my life, like my grandmother M. J., who have helped me along the way. But there are so many of us girls in my family, and even though they're all so open and honest, who I seek advice from depends on what aspect of life I'm dealing with.
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It's absurd that we're so quick to criticize Muslims for being fundamentalist when Christians can be just as extreme and fanatical and frightening.
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I never consciously choose what I'm going to work on next; I don't have an agenda beyond that attraction. Fortunately, my wonderful agent, Christopher Schelling, knows how I think and points me toward things I might like, which is how I started writing Y.A.
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What people are going to think of me, I can't really change that.
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We are extremely attractive to page companies, because we significantly increase their user base.
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The planet has a fever. If your baby has a fever, you go to the doctor. If the doctor says you need to intervene here, you don't say, 'Well, I read a science fiction novel that told me it's not a problem.' If the crib's on fire, you don't speculate that the baby is flame retardant. You take action.
