Victoria Arlen Quotes

I grew up a swimmer. I didn't think I could swim without the use of my legs.

Victoria Arlen

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Our scientists grapple with the difficulties of placing a man on the moon, but the immediately troubling concern of our society is whether men of different races can sit together at a lunch counter.

Robert Kennedy

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Trump is a product of a seething populism and nationalism that is the driving political force.

Steve Bannon

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'Do the Right Thing' was like the first film where I really felt comfortable working with actors.

Spike Lee

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There's a scene I particularly like in 'Betrayed' where Shane has been shot in the side. Yet he drives to a small airport, checks out the Rockfort plane and flies himself and Elena to safety. Only when he knows they are out of danger does he allow himself to sit down on the couch and admit he's injured - to a horrified Elena.

Ruth Glick

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I have no consistency, except in politics; and that probably arises from my indifference to the subject altogether.

Lord Byron

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Children can write poetry and then, unless they're poets, they stop when reach puberty.

Dennis Potter

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Many years ago, I used to say, 'I haven't lived long enough to be great.' Now I don't say that.

Diane Ladd

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I really love that idea of the essay as an investigation. That's all anyone's life is.

David Shields

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I read mostly Irish, African, Japanese, South American, and African writers. You can count on Scandinavian literature for a certain kind of darkness, a modern mythic style.

Chris Abani

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I always felt like the male from the time I was a child. There wasn't much feminine about me.

Chaz Bono

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Mr. Disney and his staff were constantly scouting for great stories to bring to life on film.

Annette Funicello

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I sincerely believe... that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.

Thomas Jefferson

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