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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I do love traveling, so I've been able to travel a lot.
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I was a temp secretary for a long time, and I went at it with a passion, and I tried to do a nice job in all my jobs.
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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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And right away as soon as I started doing Pilates, about 2 to 3 weeks into it I could tell that my clothes were already fitting differently. And I felt stronger than ever. My core felt tighter than ever.
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Directors and producers were afraid of a Dumont actor while at the same time they admired him.
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I felt like calling attention to AIDS. I had the AIDS ribbon colored into my hair during the playoffs in '95.
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When we were working on 'Taxi to the Dark Side,' we would purposefully not show it to certain people in the cutting room, because we would include a lot of horrible material and would need a fresh pespective. They would look at us and say, 'Are you out of your minds? You can't include that!'
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There are two sides, at least, to most political questions, and a politician's impulse may be to believe that the same holds true for science. Certainly, there are disputes in science. But on the question of climate change, the divide is stark.
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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.
