Michael Nesmith Quotes

You don't have to fight against being placed in a box any more than the number two has to fight against being the number three. I mean, two is not going to be the number three, ever.

Michael Nesmith

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The values transmitted through oral history are many - courage, selflessness, the ability to endure, and to do so with humor and grace. I got those values listening to my dad's stories about the Depression and how their family survived. It gave me courage that I, too, could survive hard times.

Ann Turner

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While the agreement provides a level of constraint on Iran's nuclear weapons program, it confers legitimacy on their nuclear threshold status, an unprecedented shift for a country with so many entanglements.

Jeff Fortenberry

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A lot of people think I'm cynical when I talk about acting. The truth of the matter is, I just don't want someone to get some lame advice that will send them in the wrong direction.

Amber Tamblyn

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I box two to three times a week. I don't like going to the gym because it's boring. I really like boxing because you have to combine concentration and imagination. I feel like I'm actually learning something that's useful.

Stephanie Sigman

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It is an eternal obligation toward the human being not to let him suffer from hunger when one has a chance of coming to his assistance.

Simone Weil

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The poet has no greater number of muscles than the ordinary conversationalist; he merely has more highly developed muscles and better coordination. And he practises his activity according to a stricter set of rules.

Louis MacNeice

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I was brought home to a trailer in Highland, MI.

Dax Shepard

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People have maybe, sometimes, said that I can, occasionally, be a teeny bit edgy and judgmental.

Christa Miller

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In practice, getting rid of crony capitalism is incredibly difficult.

Chrystia Freeland

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I would sacrifice peace in order to win sovereignty for Bosnia, but for that peace in Bosnia, I would not sacrifice sovereignty.

Alija Izetbegovic

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A great performance like Lady Macbeth may be forgotten. Writing endures.

Susan Strasberg

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It's fun when you are on tour to go a place you are familiar with in any given city. It's like being home away from home.

Kerry King

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