Carol Berg Quotes
I like to write stories that read like historical fiction about great, world-changing events through the lens of a flawed protagonist.
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In terms of my involvement in 'don't ask, don't tell' and marriage equality and anti-bullying and social emotional learning in schools - these are all things that arise out of my relationship with the world and with my fans.
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It's not enough to train today's workforce. We also have to prepare tomorrow's workforce by guaranteeing every child access to a world-class education.
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Liberty is a word which, according as it is used, comprehends the most good and the most evil of any in the world.
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I have great empathy for all the contestants that come on 'Top Chef,' whether they go home right away or they make it to the finish line. It's a very vulnerable position they put themselves in and I feel for them.
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When most people think of Woodrow Wilson, they see a dour minister's son who never cracked a smile, where in fact he was a man of genuine joy and great sadness.
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The building of America has had its fair share of mistakes, but it's a constitution that's the jewel of democracy, the envy of many, and it's the most generous nation in the world.
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With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents.
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Those who have accomplished great things in the world have been, as a rule, bold, aggressive, and self-confident. They dared to step out from the crowd and act in an original way. They were not afraid to be generals.
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We are all dreamers creating the next world, the next beautiful world for ourselves and for our children.
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In certain parts of the world - where I'm at right now in New York, you're going to pay a whole lot more. In Los Angeles, your average starter home is a million dollars. So I need more money in Los Angeles to live like a normal person. If I live in another city, Iowa maybe, I wouldn't need as much.
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No one who is in this world will deny that evils exist. What, then, do we say? That evil is not a living and animated substance, but a condition of the soul which is opposed to virtue and which springs up In the slothful because of their falling away from good.
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I try hope that in the end, we will live in a cancer-free world. We want to live disease-free lives.
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Russia's assertiveness in global affairs is something I look upon with great concern, which we need to address with eyes wide open and a healthy degree of skepticism.
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You gotta be really careful what you bite off. Don't bite off more than you can chew. It's a dangerous world.
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In school I was in the dark room all the time, and I've always collected stray photographs; there's a great deal of memory in them.
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I don't burn any calories trying to be masculine; I just happen to be from that world.
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It's a crazy world, so sports and athletics and music can be a form of escapism.
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An important notion in Indian political thought that is of great value to Hungary is the idea of peaceful development.
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As a woman, you're not accessible to every world.
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The creation of Dianetics is a milestone for Man comparable to his discovery of fire and superior to his inventions of the wheel and the arch.' Opening line.
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When I met my wife, I was 24. Obviously, she wasn't my wife. She was just a girl. I made her my wife later on.
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I guess my favorite artists are The White Stripes or Tom Waits. The more theatrical the music is, the more I get into it. I also like the quieter folk music, that kind of old-school rockabilly or country. I'm not really picky when it comes to music, as long as it's honest.
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The illustrations in picture books are the first paintings most children see, and because of that, they are incredibly important. What we see and share at that age stays with us for life.
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I like to write stories that read like historical fiction about great, world-changing events through the lens of a flawed protagonist.
