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Small: We are all descendants of Adam, and we are all products of racial miscegenation
Lester B. Pearson
"We are all descendants of Adam, and we are all products of racial miscegenation"
Lester B. Pearson, Politician
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Small: Today continuing poverty and distress are a deeper and more important cause of international tensions, of the
Lester B. Pearson
"Today continuing poverty and distress are a deeper and more important cause of international tensions, of the conditions that can produce war, than previously"
Lester B. Pearson, Politician
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Small: No state, furthermore, unless it has aggressive military designs such as those which consumed Nazi leaders in
Lester B. Pearson
"No state, furthermore, unless it has aggressive military designs such as those which consumed Nazi leaders in the thirties, is likely to divert to defense any more of its resources and wealth and energy than seems necessary"
Lester B. Pearson, Politician
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Small: Every state has not only the right but the duty to make adequate provision for its own defense in the way it t
Lester B. Pearson
"Every state has not only the right but the duty to make adequate provision for its own defense in the way it thinks best, providing it does not do so at the expense of any other state"
Lester B. Pearson, Politician
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Small: You return and again take the proper course, guided by what? - By the picture in mind of the place you are hea
"You return and again take the proper course, guided by what? - By the picture in mind of the place you are headed for"
John McDonald, Leader
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Small: The life of states cannot, any more than the life of individuals, be conditioned by the force and the will of
Lester B. Pearson
"The life of states cannot, any more than the life of individuals, be conditioned by the force and the will of a unit, however powerful, but by the consensus of a group, which must one day include all states"
Lester B. Pearson, Politician
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Small: There is something bigger than fact: the underlying spirit, all it stands for, the mood, the vastness, the wil
"There is something bigger than fact: the underlying spirit, all it stands for, the mood, the vastness, the wildness"
Emily Carr, Artist
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Small: Be careful that you do not write or paint anything that is not your own, that you dont know in your own soul
"Be careful that you do not write or paint anything that is not your own, that you don't know in your own soul"
Emily Carr, Artist
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Small: We have been endowed with the capacity and the power to create desirable pictures within and to find them auto
"We have been endowed with the capacity and the power to create desirable pictures within and to find them automatically in the outer world of our environment"
John McDonald, Leader
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Small: As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation
Hans Selye
"As much as we thirst for approval we dread condemnation"
Hans Selye, Scientist
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Small: Man should not try to avoid stress any more than he would shun food, love or exercise
Hans Selye
"Man should not try to avoid stress any more than he would shun food, love or exercise"
Hans Selye, Scientist
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Small: A set definite objective must be established if we are to accomplish anything in a big way
"A set definite objective must be established if we are to accomplish anything in a big way"
John McDonald, Leader
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Small: You will have to experiment and try things out for yourself and you will not be sure of what you are doing.
"You will have to experiment and try things out for yourself and you will not be sure of what you are doing. That's all right, you are feeling your way into the thing"
Emily Carr, Artist
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Small: You must be absolutely honest and true in the depicting of a totem for meaning is attached to every line.
"You must be absolutely honest and true in the depicting of a totem for meaning is attached to every line. You must be most particular about detail and proportion"
Emily Carr, Artist
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Small: Trees love to toss and sway they make such happy noises
"Trees love to toss and sway; they make such happy noises"
Emily Carr, Artist
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Small: The artist himself may not think he is religious, but if he is sincere his sincerity in itself is religion
"The artist himself may not think he is religious, but if he is sincere his sincerity in itself is religion"
Emily Carr, Artist
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Small: I think that ones art is a growth inside one. I do not think one can explain growth. It is silent and subtle.
"I think that one's art is a growth inside one. I do not think one can explain growth. It is silent and subtle. One does not keep digging up a plant to see how it grows"
Emily Carr, Artist
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Small: I am sure that no man can derive more pleasure from money or power than I do from seeing a pair of basketball
James Naismith
"I am sure that no man can derive more pleasure from money or power than I do from seeing a pair of basketball goals in some out of the way place"
James Naismith, Inventor
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Small: You always feel when you look it straight in the eye that you could have put more into it, could have let your
"You always feel when you look it straight in the eye that you could have put more into it, could have let yourself go and dug harder"
Emily Carr, Artist
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Small: Twenty cant be expected to tolerate sixty in all things, and sixty gets bored stiff with twentys eternal love
"Twenty can't be expected to tolerate sixty in all things, and sixty gets bored stiff with twenty's eternal love affairs"
Emily Carr, Artist
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Small: Oh, Spring! I want to go out and feel you and get inspiration. My old things seem dead. I want fresh contacts,
"Oh, Spring! I want to go out and feel you and get inspiration. My old things seem dead. I want fresh contacts, more vital searching"
Emily Carr, Artist
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Small: My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh
Jim Carrey
"My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh"
Jim Carrey, Comedian
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Small: Im so wrapped up in my work that its often impossible to consider other things in my life. My marriage ended i
Jim Carrey
"I'm so wrapped up in my work that it's often impossible to consider other things in my life. My marriage ended in divorce because of this, my relationship with Holly has suffered by this"
Jim Carrey, Comedian
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Small: My mother was a professional sick person she took a lot of pain pills. There are many people like that. Its ju
Jim Carrey
"My mother was a professional sick person; she took a lot of pain pills. There are many people like that. It's just how they are used to getting attention. I always remember she's the daughter of alcoholics who'd leave her alone at Christmas time"
Jim Carrey, Comedian
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Small: If you arent in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret
Jim Carrey
"If you aren't in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret"
Jim Carrey, Comedian
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Small: Ive tried everything. Ive done therapy, Ive done colonics. I went to a psychic who had me running around town
Jim Carrey
"I've tried everything. I've done therapy, I've done colonics. I went to a psychic who had me running around town buying pieces of ribbon to fill the colors in my aura. Did the Prozac thing"
Jim Carrey, Comedian
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Small: I love playing ego and insecurity combined
Jim Carrey
"I love playing ego and insecurity combined"
Jim Carrey, Comedian
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Small: I know this sounds strange, but as a kid, I was really shy. Painfully shy. The turning point was freshman year
Jim Carrey
"I know this sounds strange, but as a kid, I was really shy. Painfully shy. The turning point was freshman year, when I was the biggest geek alive. No one, I mean no one, even talked to me"
Jim Carrey, Comedian
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Small: I just want to be myself
Jim Carrey
"I just want to be myself"
Jim Carrey, Comedian
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Small: I got a lot of support from my parents. Thats the one thing I always appreciated. They didnt tell me I was bei
Jim Carrey
"I got a lot of support from my parents. That's the one thing I always appreciated. They didn't tell me I was being stupid; they told me I was being funny"
Jim Carrey, Comedian
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Small: I feel like I want to take care of everyone and I also feel this terrible guilt if I am unable to. And I have
Jim Carrey
"I feel like I want to take care of everyone and I also feel this terrible guilt if I am unable to. And I have felt this way ever since all this success started"
Jim Carrey, Comedian
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Small: I dont think human beings learn anything without desperation. Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learnin
Jim Carrey
"I don't think human beings learn anything without desperation. Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything or creating anything. Period. If you ain't desperate at some point, you ain't interesting"
Jim Carrey, Comedian
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Small: I dont make it in regular channels, and thats okay for me
Jim Carrey
"I don't make it in regular channels, and that's okay for me"
Jim Carrey, Comedian
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Small: I dont care if people think I am an overactor, as long as they enjoy what I do. People who think that would ca
Jim Carrey
"I don't care if people think I am an overactor, as long as they enjoy what I do. People who think that would call Van Gogh an overpainter"
Jim Carrey, Comedian
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Small: I absolutely want to have a career where you makeem laugh and makeem cry. Its all theater
Jim Carrey
"I absolutely want to have a career where you make'em laugh and make'em cry. It's all theater"
Jim Carrey, Comedian
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Small: Green Eggs and Ham was the story of my life. I wouldnt eat a thing when I was a kid, but Dr. Seuss inspired me
Jim Carrey
"Green Eggs and Ham was the story of my life. I wouldn't eat a thing when I was a kid, but Dr. Seuss inspired me to try cauliflower!"
Jim Carrey, Comedian
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Small: For some reason I did something where I realized I could get a reaction. That was when I broke out of my shell
Jim Carrey
"For some reason I did something where I realized I could get a reaction. That was when I broke out of my shell at school, because I really didn't have any friends or anything like that and I just kind of was going along, and then finally I did this zany thing, and all of a sudden I had tons of friends"
Jim Carrey, Comedian
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Small: Ever since I started to get recognition Ive picked out certain fans and reverse-stalked them
Jim Carrey
"Ever since I started to get recognition I've picked out certain fans and reverse-stalked them"
Jim Carrey, Comedian
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Small: Either youre the one erasing or youre the one being erased
Jim Carrey
"Either you're the one erasing or you're the one being erased"
Jim Carrey, Comedian
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Small: Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything, or creating anything. Period. If you aint desperat
Jim Carrey
"Desperation is a necessary ingredient to learning anything, or creating anything. Period. If you ain't desperate at some point, you ain't interesting"
Jim Carrey, Comedian
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