Margaret Heffernan Quotes

The truth won't set us free - until we develop the skills and the habit and the talent and the moral courage to use it.

Margaret Heffernan

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TruthCourageHabitTalentFreeUs

I think it's important to not just speak to like-minded people.

Jenny Slate

PeopleSpeakThinkImportantJust

That's the way both they and I travel sometimes. Pick road at random, and when it's time to pull over, you pull over and hope you can find a place to crash.

Jello Biafra

HopeTimeTravelRandomRoadYou

You have to love the guy that you play, even if you play the villain, you've got to love him.

Andy Garcia

LoveVillainYouPlayHimGuy

Sometimes it feels like the feminist movement never happened.

Maxine Peake

SometimesNeverMovementHappened

When we got back to the U.S., I wanted to kiss the ground after seeing what people in other countries are denied or don't have.

Sugar Ray Leonard

KissPeopleSeeingBackGroundGot

'1984' is terrifyingly relevant. It generates a political conversation, but it's an exciting piece of theatre. Every day, there are things to be spawned from Orwell's mind, whether it's in England or America, terrorist-related or government-related.

Tom Sturridge

DayMindTheatrePoliticalAmerica

That's the problem with the United States. It believes it can control everybody's behavior.

Mohammad Javad Zarif

ControlBehaviorProblemUnited

I can do a backflip on the spot. I learned how from watching 'Ninja Turtles' movies as a kid. Whenever the Turtles got in trouble with their teacher, Master Splinter, he'd make them practice backflips as punishment - and I was so focused on becoming one of the Turtles that I taught myself how to do one, too.

Jason Mitchell

TeacherMyselfPracticeI CanMovies

I've tried and failed a lot. But I've also tried to be really clear about my brand. It is who I am. I'm a mum, I'm a wife, I'm 44 and from the Midwest.

Cindy Crawford

WifeI AmBrandClearWhoTried

I wouldn't mind being in an American film for a laugh, but I certainly don't want to be in Thingy Blah Blah 3, if you know what I mean.

Audrey Tautou

MindAmericanLaughYouKnowWant

Why should we think upon things that are lovely? Because thinking determines life. It is a common habit to blame life upon the environment. Environment modifies life but does not govern life. The soul is stronger than its surroundings.

William James

LifeSoulHabitBlameThinkingWhy

'Green' issues at last are attracting serious attention, owing to critically important links between the environment and the economy, health, and our security.

Sylvia Earle

HealthGreenAttentionSecurityLast

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