Caroline Leavitt Quotes
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Thought is more than a right - it is the very breath of man. Whoever fetters thought attacks man himself. To speak, to write, to publish, are things, so far as the right is concerned, absolutely identical. They are the ever-enlarging circles of intelligence in action; they are the sonorous waves of thought.
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When it's those division games, that's when it gets ramped up for me.
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I smoke, isn't that terrible?
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For me, if I'm just killing time, I play solitaire. I'm also guilty of playing Snood. I like games where I can shoot balls and match colors.
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We're going to lose more species, acidify the oceans more, do damage that it will take millions of years - if not longer - to unwind. Exactly how much damage will we do? How deep will those scars run? We don't know yet. But we will turn the ship.
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Two hundred years ago, our precursors in Haiti struck a blow for freedom, which was heard around the world, and across centuries.
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I enjoyed climbing with other people, good friends, but I did quite a lot of solo climbing, too.
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What about Broadway? Yes, I'm involved with a new musical based on 'The Adams Family.'
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Every man I meet is in some way my superior.
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It's quite absurd to act against a smoke creature that is not there.
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I'd probably describe my sense of humor as 'twisted,' I guess. It's not hard to make me laugh, especially when I'm surrounded by my close friends, especially my bandmates.
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I think Teach for America has suffered from the fact that I did not teach, in a major way. I also think if I had taught, I wouldn't have started Teach for America.
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A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.
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I have a very musical family from my Scottish roots.
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You realize when you're pregnant how lucky you are to have access to medical care.
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Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
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There was no difference between my characters and the life my readers were going to have to face.
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Teaching is a good distraction, and I am in contact with young people, which is very gratifying.
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Getting along well with other people is still the world's most needed skill. With it...there is no limit to what person can do. We need people, we need the cooperation of others. There is very little we can do alone
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I decided right away that whomever was going to advise me had to be fundamentally interested in music. This protected me from the skullduggery common to the music industry then and that still exists today. Of course, using this method meant that some things we didn't know and just had to learn how to do it together.
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I wasn't looking out, I was looking in. I knew something was in me, I just wasn't sure how valuable it was.
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I've matured since joining United, on and off the field.
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It is not easy to grow old in this business, when you are a woman above all, in the cinema.
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People love stories. They need stories.
