Claire Tomalin Quotes
When you live with Dickens for years, reading him and trying to present him as faithfully as you can, you can't fail to love the man - so the shock of his bad behaviour is considerable, even when you know it is coming.
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We are not going to turn our backs on people who have been persecuted, turn our backs on people who have been threatened by terror.
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You can only be free as an artist if you're free as a person.
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The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of the future of contemporary society among large sections of the American people.
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Live theater to me is much more free than the movies or television.
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For the record, I have long suspected that my favorite book is actually 'Charlotte's Web.'
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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Ah, I am thinking people put more in their prayers than was ever put in them by God.
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Hold puppies, kittens, and babies anytime you get the chance.
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My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.
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If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help... Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.
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People are fed up with the way things are. There is a lot of bitterness out there, a lot of anger about a lack of jobs and concerns for the next generation.
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All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together.
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We had times in '66 and '67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on!
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My original name was Juaquin, and my cousin couldn't pronounce my name right. So he'd just be saying 'Waka! Waka!' So when I was younger, I used to always laugh, then my man Gucci gave me the rest of the name.
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They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more.
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Straight people are everywhere!
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War criminals in the U.S. and Israel are not punished: no international court has the courage to put them on trial.
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If you always think about your dreams or goals, work steadfastly towards them and continue to challenge yourself, you will definitely be able to realise those dreams or goals.
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People like to think of you as a certain person, or a certain type of person, and they do love to give you a label. We like luggage labels, and we like people labels.
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The Internet is a bright spot for our struggling economy and functioning just fine without what amounts to a federal pat-down of the inner workings of the Internet.
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The people that go on 'American Idol' do want some recognition and fame.
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I think a lot of people are drawn to seeing people that want to be better. We see it in ourselves.
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It doesn't matter if you try and try and try again, and fail. It does matter if you try and fail, and fail to try again.
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When you live with Dickens for years, reading him and trying to present him as faithfully as you can, you can't fail to love the man - so the shock of his bad behaviour is considerable, even when you know it is coming.
