Adrienne Clarkson Quotes

Each of us is carving a stone, erecting a column, or cutting a piece of stained glass in the construction of something much bigger than ourselves.

Adrienne Clarkson

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An inevitable question asked of a performer who has made a modest success of his career is, 'How has success changed you?' It's a loaded question because it automatically assumes that there has been a change. And, in a sense, the assumption is a correct one. Basically, however, most people remain pretty much the same.

Jim Nabors

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I want to spend 100 percent of my time focused on what I think I can make the biggest difference on as the governor of California.

Meg Whitman

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Unionization, as opposed to communism, presupposes the relation of employment; it is based upon the wage system and it recognizes fully and unreservedly the institution of private property and the right to investment profit.

John L. Lewis

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Love is a perky elf dancing a merry little jig and then suddenly he turns on you with a miniature machine gun.

Matt Groening

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I aim to tell the truth about any subject, not a romance or fantasy, not avoid the truth.

Anita Desai

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When monetary policy destroys the currency, it always destroys the middle class.

Ron Paul

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We still have a tradition certainly in English television; it's faded a bit in the last five years, but we still have a tradition where the important thing is the quality and the challenging nature of the programming.

Rowan Atkinson

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Do not be surprised if I adore as God what you called humanity, since you talked of humanity as if it was empty of spirit and you think in the flesh according to the flesh.

Michael Servetus

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My ultimate dream is to become a famous star because I love to sing.

Lucy Hale

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The relationship between parents and children, but especially between mothers and daughters, is tremendously powerful, scarcely to be comprehended in any rational way.

Joyce Carol Oates

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While the deficit and debt are serious problems, I oppose solving these problems by raising taxes.

Jason Chaffetz

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I have had so much at heart. Defeated, not conquered; disappointed, not discouraged. I have but to be more energetic and more faithful in the difficult and painful vocation to which my life is devoted.

Dorothea Dix

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