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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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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I've had a few conversations with people who are horrified: who tell me my work is demeaning, is sexist, is negative.
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No, United Artists was a very extraordinary organization, because once they had agreed on the director, they believed in letting him have his way. They trusted me, and that doesn't often happen.
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But the war on terror as I have repeatedly said in the past, and the Afghan people believe in it, in truth, is that the war on terror is not in the Afghan villages or homes. Its in the sanctuaries, it is in the training grounds, its in the motivation factors and the money that comes to it.
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I don't know why every actor doesn't do more plays.
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UNICEF has made the most rewarding thing that I have ever done in my life.
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Machines are becoming devastatingly capable of things like killing. Those machines have no place for empathy. There's billions of dollars being spent on that. Character robotics could plant the seed for robots that actually have empathy.
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People love stories. They need stories.
