Charles Edison Quotes
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When I was younger I wanted to be a gymnast, but they have to be quite short - I was tall.
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Living with AIDS is like always having the sword of Damocles over your head. The disease is scarier than death itself. The disease is so messy, so devastating, so pervasive. It robs you of everything you hold dear.
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The government has a history of not treating people fairly, from the internment of Japanese Americans in World War II to African-Americans in the Civil Rights era.
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When you have that long, flowing hair, you feel different - when you cut it, the framing of your face changes immediately.
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Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea.
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I want girls to feel the confidence you get from being smart. They get so many messages that tell them the most important thing is to be beautiful.
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I am very optimistic, and I wish that God almighty grants me success to get a qualifying time. Only then can I go to the Olympics. If this happens I will be the first Palestinian athlete to gain a qualifying time. This will be a big achievement.
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I'm not in the business of politics.
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More than 25 miles off the coast of Massachusetts and only 14 miles long, Nantucket is, as Herman Melville wrote in 'Moby-Dick,' 'away off shore.'
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I want to stop piling people into prisons and stop branding people with a felony for a personal weakness.
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We're all complicit in the things we may be trying to oppose. I'm complicit in the things that I'm trying to oppose.
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I visited England immediately after I finished writing 'The Marrying Season,' before any editing or revisions.
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You can't just look at someone and guess their sexuality. There's no point in assuming that every gay man has just one personality type.
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Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie.
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There, like the wind through woods in riot,Through him the gale of life blew high;The tree of man was never quiet:Then 'twas the Roman, now 'tis I.
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It is not opium which makes me work but its absence, and in order for me to feel its absence it must from time to time be present.
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Ginger: I can't do this, Lois! I can't go out with a woman who has a child! I'm too young, I tell you! I haven't sown my oats yet!Lois: I think your oats are impacted.
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Playing Juliet in 'Heavenly Creatures' changed my life, and the role of Clementine in' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' opened many new doors creatively.
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An unsanctified temper is a fruitful source of error, and a mighty impediment to truth.
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The great thing is, Internet allows you to create your own job, not just look for jobs other people are going to give you. And that, combined with the American spirit, I think, is going to help us come out of the recession faster than other countries. And I think it's going to help Africa come out of, you know, a century of slump.
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Design is everything.
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Economics, politics, and personalities are often inseparable.
