Cybill Shepherd Quotes
Gore Vidal has been a friend of mine for years, and he's one of the greatest writers in American history.
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The American people deserve a budget that invests in the future, protects the most vulnerable among us and helps to create jobs and economic security.
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If we do not provide education for every single American, we are consigning those without an education to second-class status.
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College is part of the American dream. It shouldn't be part of a financial nightmare for families.
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Anyone who knows anything of history knows that great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair sex, the ugly ones included.
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I taught English and history, so my education for that really helped prepare me for writing historical fiction.
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There is a machismo about an American male who is robust, athletic, able to build things, and he takes care of stuff. And it's a point of pride.
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The ultimate vision is to instate in the Muslim world the notion of multiculturalism, which is part of our heritage and history, part of the fundamental, mainstream ideals of Islam.
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Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind.
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There's nothing more American than movies.
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To vice, innocence must always seem only a superior kind of chicanery.
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Flamethrowers have been used by many armies in many wars, including by American Marines in Korea and Vietnam. They cause horrific deaths and are thus a serious public-relations liability. The U.S. military apparently phased them out in 1978.
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The genius of the American Founders was to create an intricate system of balanced powers both within the state and between state and society - a system that has fostered unprecedented political, social, and intellectual freedom.
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Standing as I do, with my hand upon this staff, and under the folds of the American flag, I ask you to stand by me so long as I stand by it.
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I'm hopeless by e-mail, by phone, by text.
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Most of my family doesn't speak English. It's so important for the baby. He's going to know all his American roots, but he also needs to know about his Brazilian side.
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I have a million acquaintances but just two or three true friends. I can't hide anything from them.
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There's been a huge history of cisgender success on the back of trans stories, which is something I'm deeply aware of. My take on it, I suppose, was that I do think actors should be able to play anything.
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History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.
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Hillary Clinton is now driving from New York to Iowa. It's been called the least-exciting spring break trip in history.
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You can't pander to your audience. You might in the short term, but ultimately you can't hoodwink them, either.
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The best morals kids get from any book is just the capacity to empathize with other people, to care about the characters and their feelings. So you don't have to write a preachy book to do that. You just have to make it a fun book with characters they care about, and they will become better people as a result.
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So I think hip-hop is moving and is going to continue to move in the direction of rappers just being honest with themselves, whether you're talking about Common and Mos Def or Nas and 50 cent.
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But 'Hey Dude' was shot in Arizona, and that took me to the West Coast. We did 65 episodes. It was not a show that a ton of people saw, so it was like doing acting classes and getting paid for it. At that point I had the acting bug. So I went to L.A. to give it a try and never left.
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Gore Vidal has been a friend of mine for years, and he's one of the greatest writers in American history.
