Jane Jacobs Quotes

Some men tend to cling to old intellectual excitements, just as some belles, when they are old ladies, still cling to the fashions and coiffures of their exciting youth.

Jane Jacobs

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I was the original voice of Mattel's Barbie for an '80s claymation workout video.

Jodi Benson

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Nick Kroll, A.D. Miles, Chelsea Peretti - those were the people I was always doing open mics with.

John Mulaney

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Suspicion is only another form of cowardice. The man who suspects constantly suspects because he is afraid. Whenever you find a man with a free, frank, generous, brave nature, you will find that man without suspicion.

Robert Green Ingersoll

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Boxing will always be in my life.

Sugar Ray Leonard

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I try to address my audiences intelligently. The man in the street counts, but sometimes he forgets that he counts.

Roland Joffe

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The introduction of religious passion into politics is the end of honest politics, and the introduction of politics into religion is the prostitution of true religion.

Lord Hailsham

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There aren't more lady songwriters for the same reason that there aren't more lady doctors or lady accountants or lady lawyers; not enough women have the time for careers.

Dorothy Fields

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In a competitive world, not everybody can follow the pace; you will leave people out. We now accept that we must take care of these people. You cannot let them die in the streets; people will not accept it. And that is right, too.

Arsene Wenger

PeopleWorldCareTake CareDieYou

We watch a lot of Discovery Channel, shows like 'The Biggest Loser' and even 'Amazing Race.' You learn a lot about the world, it's fun and nobody's interested in beating anybody down. And then the opposite: I'm a huge fan of 'Survivor.'

Alison Sweeney

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If I wasn't an actor and I watched my films, I could easily be like 'This guy's a clown,' you know?

Seann William Scott

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Then I have a head mounted display which actually was designed for the military to do synchronized building entries and that's looking down at my hands, so projected on the big screen behind me, you can see my hands as I'm putting the tracks together.

Thomas Dolby

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We as Democrats have no apologies to make to anyone.

Richard J. Daley

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