Charles Edward Merriam Quotes
It not infrequently happens that persons without any other special qualification than the drama of their lives are precipitated into important political positions.
Quotes to Explore
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It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.
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After 2014, we will support a unified Afghanistan as it takes responsibility for its own future.
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I've done a lot of drama, and comedy was the one genre I was not being offered. So I became obsessive about getting one.
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I know the cadence of the language and the voice of Atlanta because I've lived here for so long.
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When something is at risk or in danger or about to be lost, those are the moments you start to realize how much it means to you.
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We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?
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I love diving into different skins, skins that make me feel deep emotions.
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But I knew that what had happened was an eye-opener not only to the United States but also to Pakistan, who realized that after what has happened on the 11th of September, it was simply impossible to continue to play those games in Afghanistan.
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There is a liberal fascism that is dedicated to going after believing Christians who follow the biblical teaching on marriage.
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Economic growth is important. But we cannot count on economic growth alone to fund the public education system our children need and deserve.
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I don't think people are fools, and I think they deserve a good attitude and smart entertainment.
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I thought I would spent my career doing Chekhov and Ibsen in regional theaters, so the fact that I started doing new plays was a whole new world I didn't expect, and that I would like to keep doing.
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Film has always been where my heart is.
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In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.
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There's always going to be someone with a bigger toy than yours.
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It's funny. Of all the jobs I've been ambitious for, this is one that never crossed my mind.
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If God hadn't meant for us to eat sugar, he wouldn't have invented dentists.
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It took me a long, long time to break the chains that's inside me.
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Of course, mankind has made giant steps forward. However, what we know is really very, very little compared to what we still have to know.
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At the end of the day, it seems like there's a critic archetype for food movies, like with 'Ratatouille' or anything. You know, if you were doing a puppet show about chefs, one puppet would be the chef, one would be the critic.
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I played the piano as a boy for six years, from the time I was six to 12 years old. My piano lessons ended when my father died because our family had no more money. I used to have a mestiza teacher. She'd come once a week to teach me piano lessons, and she'd bribe me each time with an apple; otherwise, I wouldn't play.
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Be real. Make connections with people. Look them in the eye. Tell them how you feel. Don't be afraid to say what you mean. When you let go of the stuff you hold inside, you'll be amazed at what comes back to you.
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I think growing up in such a small town - before cell phones, before the Internet, before Facebook, before we had access to people's interiors - there was a great deal of space between people's lives. I spent a lot of time imagining into the lives of the people I grew up with.
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It not infrequently happens that persons without any other special qualification than the drama of their lives are precipitated into important political positions.
