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- Nov 07, 2020
About Quotes
Every quote is about something.
"About" is the connector word behind an enormous range of thought — quotes here touch on literature and religion, political fundraising, and songwriters explaining why they write what they write. For quotes centered on certainty and conviction, the Know collection makes a good companion.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hence, in desiring, the more the enjoyment is delayed, the more fancy begins to weave about the object images of future fruition, and to clothe the desired object with properties calculated to inflame the impulse.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's not about the money with me.
- Extrapolate
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- Nov 07, 2020
When confronting most crises, whether historic or contemporary, aid agencies generally muddle along on a case-by-case basis. They weigh insufficient information, extrapolate somewhat blindly about long-term pros and cons, and reluctantly arrive at decisions meant to do the most good and the least harm.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
My basic feeling about military intervention is that it should be a last resort, undertaken only to stave off large-scale bloodshed.
- Nov 07, 2020
The characters are trapped within the lifestyle. It's about what goes on before the movie starts.
- Die
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whilst filming 'Jurassic Park,' I watched a hurricane approaching the beach in Hawaii. My co-worker Laura Dern and I thought we might die, but we managed to laugh about it later.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't get irrational about it, but I do have a deeply-rooted competitive spirit. Not necessarily towards other people, but towards any obstacle that I set for myself.
- Nov 07, 2020
There are so many stories from the Midwest that should be told. L.A. tells one story, and it's often about itself.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
Any of these Vietnam vets that have been there and know the deal, they don't feel that any Hollywood endeavor about the Vietnam era has ever gotten it right yet.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020