Al Lewis Quotes
There's more to anybody. Just because you haven't noticed it, that's your problem, that's not mine.
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The approach of death certainly concentrates the mind.
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It was the labor movement that helped secure so much of what we take for granted today. The 40-hour work week, the minimum wage, family leave, health insurance, Social Security, Medicare, retirement plans. The cornerstones of the middle-class security all bear the union label.
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We are in a situation with the huge stimulus package that's going to be spent all across this nation and a big financial crisis and banking crisis. And what we need is good, trained journalists who can play the role of watchdog.
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I've worked since I was a five-year-old to be a performer.
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I would hate to be thrust into the middle of a big film and not deliver. There's young actors and they're put into these central roles and they're commanding armies - but they can't quite pull it off. I'd much rather do it in small steps and build it from there.
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Everything encourages you not to tell stories of gay lives. There is no economy yet for that kind of cinema.
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We must use all the tools of American power in resolving disputes, including diplomacy. And we must have sufficient congressional debate and oversight before ever putting another U.S. solider in harm's way.
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When I was 11 years old, I was bullied. It mainly started when I moved to California to pursue my dreams of being an actress. Kids back home in Texas, who I thought were my friends, were saying things behind my back. They said that I would never make it because I wasn't talented or pretty enough to be on TV.
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We started playing music from an early age and so we wasn't really aware of that side of it, the weird thing is the more successful you get the more free booze and drugs you get, they should be given to the bands who don't have the money.
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I did photography, painting, and drawing, but I prefer sculpture. I like it because it's very physical.
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Our life dreams the Utopia. Our death achieves the Ideal.
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Clearly, we are not programmed at birth to behave a certain way based on our gender. Instead, we are trained throughout our lives to conform to our gender norms.
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I have opinions, sure, but they're mine, not something I'm going to insist everyone else take as any kind of gospel.
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Do you want to know what scares the Washington cartel? Actually, not remotely. I don't scare them in the tiniest bit. What scares them is you. What scares them is that old Reagan coalition is coming back together, of conservatives.
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Those two, in paradise, were given a choice: happiness without freedom, or freedom without happiness. There was no third alternative.
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There is no such thing as gratitude in international politics.
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I observed that after marriage people cease to be curious.
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It's very important for men to look downward, to the next generation.
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As long as those things are on vinyl or tape or what have you, the record companies are going to release them someday.
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Christians should emphatically be campaigning for justice for the poor - but the Church is not a campaign.
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I never wanted a life of having a nice house, driving around, settling down.
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The wise are above books.
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The world we see that seems so insane is the result of a belief system that is not working. To perceive the world differently, we must be willing to change our belief system, let the past slip away, expand our sense of now, and dissolve the fear in our minds.
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There's more to anybody. Just because you haven't noticed it, that's your problem, that's not mine.
