Ken Burns Quotes
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
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More than anything, I think as our country matures, we recognize that women deserve to be treated with respect and dignity.
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Any organization or any individual that targets civilians and kills them for political agenda is a terrorist organization.
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The best time to release a film is on a festive date like Divali or Eid, or at a time when there are no big films three to four weeks before or after.
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I had an ethnic preference, if you will, for the warm weather, coming from Chennai. So I finally said, 'Look, can I move to California?' because every time I come here, it would be in the 70s or 80s, and there would be beautiful blue sky and warm.
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What men are among the other formations of the earth, artists are among men.
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I dyed my hair pink when I was fifteen.
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I think it's fine for girls to ask boys out. I actually prefer it.
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The existing U.N. can be found in the writings of early Communist leaders.
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The safest and most suitable form of penance seems to be that which causes pain in the flesh but does not penetrate to the bones, that is, which causes suffering but not sickness.
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The symbolic value of having an African-American president has certainly eased some racial tensions in America, but they're not gone.
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The problem with forbearance is that it always looks like a good thing to do until it stops working.
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The whole point of the kingdom of God is Jesus has come to bear witness to the true truth, which is nonviolent. When God wants to take charge of the world, he doesn't send in the tanks. He sends in the poor and the meek.
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I'm going to prove to the fans, going to prove to my teammates, that I can be a better defensive player, offensive player, to win games.
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I was eight when I left Sarajevo, so I didn't really know very much about my culture and it was so important for me to go back to my roots and meet the people.
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Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.
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Even those that hate Hillary admit she is a work horse and not a show horse. She gets down into the nuts and bolts and figures out, 'What's the policy, what's the substance?'
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That's the miracle of fiction. I use it to spray on certain moments or places from my youth.
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I couldn't imagine a day without music. It relaxes and stimulates me in equal measure and I hate the sound of silence - the concept, I mean, not the track by Simon and Garfunkel.
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Let the children...be carefully instructed in the principles and obligations of the Christian religion. This is the most essential part of education.
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I love to give crystals.
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My friend Anderson Cooper is the scion of one of America's great shipping and railroad families, the Vanderbilts.
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I had these experiences as a kid; I remember certain things happening in school that were horrifying that I would see, certain things of violence or certain things of cruelty, but around that, something might happen afterwards to cause everyone to laugh, and that always blew me away.
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Jazz is a very accurate, curiously accurate accompaniment to 20th century America.
