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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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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Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished.
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I could do terrible things to people who dump unwanted animals by the roadside.
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If we are honest with ourselves, we have to admit that sometimes our assumptions and preconceived notions are wrong, and therefore, our interpretation of events is incorrect. This causes us to overreact, to take things personally, or to judge people unfairly.
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CNN is proud of its people and they were doing the right thing in providing coverage of the departure of the freed U.S. flight crew.
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I'm really lucky in that I can do lots of different things. It must be really hard to just be a poet or just be a novelist - a constant cycle of effort and exhaustion and recuperation.
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Most of my books have been about the complex ways an individual depends on community.
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People love stories. They need stories.
