"We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for the living to lead us into an act of injustice to the balance of the living."
-Davy Crockett
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"We must not permit our respect for the dead or our sympathy for the living to lead us into an act of injustice to the balance of the living.“
-Davy Crockett
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"Lately I did a film called All I Want for Christmas and it was well received. This gave me a new point of view and a new respect for my work as an actress."
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"I have great respect for directors who know what they're doing."
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"Other bands gave us lip service, but when it came down to it they kind of backed off. That was a little disheartening. But I respect them. That's their business."
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"We are talking about someone who has lived. It must be honored in every respect. The fictional can take any kind of channel - according to the actor's marriage to the character."
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"I think the crux of the matter was that if we were going to become partners in, for example, the International Space Station, we had to gain the respect of a country like the United States and particularly its space organization, NASA."
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"The reason it has relevance is because I, as a popular Arab personality - the Arab people like me and respect me - thought it was time for me to make an ever so tiny statement about what I thought about this whole thing."
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