Frances Beinecke Quotes

Climate change deniers would have us believe that oil, gas, and coal are the only ways to power a modern, industrialized society. They are wrong, and the proof is all around us.

Frances Beinecke

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I buy tons of magazines. They're a big part of how I research characters. And I keep them around and go back to them years later. I just have stacks.

Jennifer Morrison

ResearchBackGoYearsBuyBig

I'd rather be a good guest in someone's home than tell them I don't like their food or make fun of them.

Andrew Zimmern

GoodHomeFoodFunSomeoneTell

A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity. We're all blessed with a lot of timidity and a lot of worry and anxiety, and vanity is a good antidote.

Mel Brooks

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My job is to help the functioning of the story, not to draw attention to myself, but to make my characters function within the story, to work for the benefit of the story, to make the whole thing work.

Jeffrey Jones

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Mitt Romney has made it clear that he believes that President Obama was born in the U.S.

John Sununu

BornPresidentClearMadeHeObama

Spending two years on my uncle's ranch in Montana as a young man gave me the wisdom and the thrust to do westerns.

Robert Duvall

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I punch left-handed.

Mike Weir

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We're not living in a society that science actually dominates the conversation. We're living in a situation where some science is allowed and a lot of it's about policy. And when your science runs into a policy roadblock, all of a sudden the science starts to disappear.

Josh Fox

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And we love to dance, especially that new one called the Civil War Twist. The Northern part of you stands still while the Southern part tries to secede.

Dick Gregory

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Three of the principal cast members of 'Outlander' have come out publically for 'Yes': Sam Heughan, Graham MacTavish and Grant O'Rourke. And the 'Yes' proponents are on fire: idealistic, hopeful, inspired by the idea of change and of democratic self-determination.

Diana Gabaldon

ChangeFireThreePrincipalYesOut

I remember watching the Grammys and looking at the performances and crying to my mom, saying how much I wanted to be there.

Christina Aguilera

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I am really Method-y.

Breckin Meyer

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