Famous Quotes: Life

Ideas seem to come from everywhere - my life, everything I see, hear, and read, and most of all, from my imagination. I have a lot of imagination.
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I am very proud of my mom and consider her the most courageous woman I know. With perseverance, sacrifice and hard work, she raised a family of Olympic athletes and gave us the tools and the spirit to succeed. That is something that my brothers and I will always be thankful for.
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I don't want young people to think they can't make a difference because they don't have money.
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The British Red Cross asked me to help them spearhead a fundraising campaign for the victims of the war in Nicaragua. It was a turning point in my life. It began my commitment to justice and human rights issues.
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Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free.
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I thought to spend my declining years writing poetry and teaching - but that won't pay the Bergdorf's bill. I think I'll move to somewhere life is cheaper.
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The automobile engine will come, and then I will consider my life's work complete.
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Love is whatever you can still betray. Betrayal can only happen if you love.
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I cannot speak for more than an hour exclusively about poetry. At that point, life itself takes over again.
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I have the responsibility of over four million people, and I am in a position to do good, to be able to bring about a new life for my people, and I will continue to move in that direction. It's a burden, but it needs to be done, and you have to have the courage and wisdom to see it through.
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It would be great if politics were fact-based, but it is not, and it is surely not nuance-based. What works in a classroom or a think tank does not work on Capitol Hill or in the White House. Obama sometimes seems to be running the Brookings Institution, not the country.
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Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.
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Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.
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I actually was class clown, but I don't know how that happened because I've never been considered an outwardly funny person-as the people in this room will attest.
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I made a conscious decision back then that I would rather be the best actress who ever lived than the most famous one.
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I was 16 years old, driving to LA, and sleeping in my car, just trying to make it happen.
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I know what it feels like to struggle to get the education that you need.
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I am endlessly busy, bringing up five young kids, and trying to keep up with the three older ones. I still spend most of my life driving car pools.
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When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, "Why god? Why me?" and the thundering voice of God answered, "There's just something about you that pisses me off."
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The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.
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