Charles Dudley Warner Quotes
Public opinion is stronger than the legislature, and nearly as strong as the ten commandments.
Quotes to Explore
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Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience.
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When a book leaves your hands, it belongs to God. He may use it to save a few souls or to try a few others, but I think that for the writer to worry is to take over God's business.
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Never hate a song that's sold a half million copies.
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Grow we must, if we outgrow all that loves us.
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Cosmic terror appears as an ingredient of the earliest folklore of all races and is crystallised in the most archaic ballads, chronicles, and sacred writings.
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Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority - literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political.
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Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.
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While teaching, I also worked undercover in the lower courts by saying I was a young law teacher wanting experience in criminal law. The judges were happy to assist me but what I learned was how corrupt the lower courts were. Judges were accepting money right in the courtroom.
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War is something Arafat sends others to do for him. That is, the poor souls who believe in him. This pompous incompetent caused the failure of the Camp David negotiations, Clinton's mediation.
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I love adventure sports. And, I love cooking.
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Investment in early education is not a Liberal or Conservative idea. Nor should it be decided along party lines.
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I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny, that humor comes from a much gentler place.
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I was born and grew up in Fitzgerald, way down in south Georgia. It was a mill town and my family ran the cotton mill. My grandfather was mayor many times and my family felt deeply rooted to that spot.
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I've learned so many things from directors in my acting career. There are even some things I've learned that I didn't want to do. There are those directors who've really made me shine and others who've made me opaque.
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I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department.
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Anybody can do a deal. The tough part is doing the deal at the right time, being strategic.
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I don't know how much of a market there is for space opera. Just because it's in the movies doesn't mean magazines are buying it.
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I'm klutzy, and I don't embarrass easily.
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I'm of the opinion that if you step on stage and you're not a straight white male, you're automatically making a political statement whether you know it or not.
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When you're choosing the track list and the sequencing, it's important to make sure that there's some strong concepts on there and that it matters and it says something... that it sticks with people.
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The FCC, under my leadership, will stand for the First Amendment.
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Russia is ready to actively participate further in resolving the situation
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Every seam, every lace, every bead has been painstakingly, with love, corrected, perfected and mastered.
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Public opinion is stronger than the legislature, and nearly as strong as the ten commandments.
