Dennis C. Blair Quotes

As is often the case when things are complicated, extreme views have superficial appeal. On the one extreme, some see China as an inevitable enemy that must be contained; on the other hand, there are those who see China as a slowly developing democracy that can be embraced.

Dennis C. Blair

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: public
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 4, 1947

Topics

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I am lucky to have had an attentive, curious and loving dad and heart-smart, down-to-earth, gifted mother. They changed the outlooks of their own lives and have never forgotten the people and organizations that helped them dream bigger than their circumstances should have allowed.

Jennifer Garner

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Equality and development will not be achieved however if peace is not understood from women's' point of view.

Jenny Shipley

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Fundamentally, whether directing in the theatre or a film, you have to be a good storyteller, regardless of the form. The thing I had to work hardest at was thinking in shots.

John Crowley

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I definitely read a lot of books on the psychology and mythology behind fairy tales because I think that's really fascinating and there's a lot to draw on there.

Meghan Ory

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I mean, the general rule is if you're not prepared to make a mistake, you're not going to make much progress.

Maurice Wilkins

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Learning patience was not an easy lesson.

Michael Douglas

LearningPatienceEasyLesson

If I'd had a great level of success early on, who knows how I would have responded. I might have been a complete jerk.

Steve Carell

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I am not going to be licked by tragedy, as life is a challenge, and we must carry on and work for the living as well as mourn for the dead.

Rose Kennedy

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Studying literature at Harvard is like learning about women at the Mayo clinic.

Roy Blount, Jr.

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I only dance when I go out.

Diane Kruger

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When I lived summers at my grandparents' farm, haying with my grandfather from 1938 to 1945, my dear grandmother Kate cooked abominably. For noon dinners, we might eat three days of fricasseed chicken from a setting hen that had boiled twelve hours.

Donald Hall

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I came to the States when I was ten, and that was, in many ways, very hard.

Cote de Pablo

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