Clara Barton Quotes
It is wise statesmanship which suggests that in time of peace we must prepare for war, and it is no less a wise benevolence that makes preparation in the hour of peace for assuaging the ills that are sure to accompany war.
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I am a Buddhist.
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I am a story-teller, and I look to academic research... for ways of augmenting story-telling.
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I have a terrible habit of shopping after I go to the gym or hitting eBay.
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I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.
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Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
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I used to have to force myself to go, okay, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing and then all of a sudden a thought of some where could come in. Now I can just focus and not think about anything. So, yeah, I guess I do that a lot.
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Pregnancy is a very creative phase for me.
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We are so Post-Modern that we don't realize how Post-Modern we are anymore.
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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If people don't find what you are doing threatening, then it is probably not very important.
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My sense of politics and justice was deeply shaped in adolescence by my involvement with the underground punk - rock scene, and though lots of social and political issues had come forth in my comics, it wasn't until my late 20s that I felt properly equipped to address certain issues of race, power, and violence in my work.
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The truth is that we were born to have it all. And part of our handicap as adults is that we no longer understand our potential.
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Blues is a tonic for whatever ails you. I could play the blues and then not be blue anymore.
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I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble.
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As the bill requires, any terror alert system must give people and organizations some indication about what steps they must take to improve their own security and assist in the Nation's security.
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I go to the gym in the morning to warm up, and then I go to the mountain and train. Then I come home and go to the gym again to recover. But on travel days, you get pretty much no physical exertion.
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A lot of hard work goes into making a film. It's not all fun time, as people tend to think. There are always stereotypes attached to every profession, but I found out this industry breaks them all.
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I never lose confidence. As soon as you lose confidence, you're done.
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Did you know that when a baby poops its diaper, you're not supposed to hit him with a rolled up newspaper?
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All emotions are the ore from which poetry may be sifted.
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American Women: How they mortify the flesh in order to make it appetizing! Their beauty is a vast industry, their enduring allure a discipline which nuns or athletes might find excessive.
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I never thought life would be this sweet, It got me cheesing from cheek to cheek.
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It is to law alone that men owe justice and liberty. It is this salutary organ, of the will of all which establishes in civil rights the natural equality between men. It is this celestial voice which dictates to each citizen the precepts of public reason, and teaches him to act according to the rules of his own judgment and not to behave inconsistently with himself. It is with this voice alone that political leaders should speak when. they command.
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It is wise statesmanship which suggests that in time of peace we must prepare for war, and it is no less a wise benevolence that makes preparation in the hour of peace for assuaging the ills that are sure to accompany war.
