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I've always been in the theater. I've always gone to it. That's been my way to cope. Early on in my career, I remember running - fleeing - to the theater as a way of coping with all the meshugaas that was going on for me.

~Al Pacino

Topics: Always Been Career Cope Coping Early Fleeing Going Gone Me Remember Running Theater Way I Remember

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I have been a Republican since I came to this country, fleeing communism when I was eight years old and Ronald Reagan was president.

~Ana Navarro

Topics: Been Came Communism Country Eight Fleeing Old President Reagan Republican Ronald Reagan Since Years I Came

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History has not looked kindly on us when we've prevented people fleeing violence from seeking refuge in this country.

~Bill Foster

Topics: Country Fleeing History Kindly Looked People Refuge Seeking Us Violence

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We cannot forget that we are a nation founded by refugees who were fleeing oppression and often fearful for their lives.

~Brad Schneider

Topics: Cannot Fearful Fleeing Forget Founded Lives Nation Often Oppression Refugees We Cannot Were Who

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This country has a proud history of opening its doors to generations of people fleeing personal persecution, civil unrest and war.

~Charles Kennedy

Topics: Civil Country Doors Fleeing Generations History Opening People Persecution Personal Proud Unrest War

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I believe we have become paralyzed, paralyzed by our desire to be loved. Now our founding fathers had the wisdom to know that social acceptance and popularity were fleeing, and that this country's principles needed to be rooted in strengths greater than the passions and the emotions of the times.

~Chris Christie

Topics: Acceptance Become Believe Country Desire Emotions Fathers Fleeing Founding Founding Fathers Greater Had Know Loved Needed Now Our Paralyzed Passions Popularity Principles Rooted Social Social Acceptance Strengths Than Times Were Wisdom I Believe

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Now our founding fathers had the wisdom to know that social acceptance and popularity were fleeing, and that this country's principles needed to be rooted in strengths greater than the passions and the emotions of the times.

~Chris Christie

Topics: Acceptance Country Emotions Fathers Fleeing Founding Founding Fathers Greater Had Know Needed Now Our Passions Popularity Principles Rooted Social Social Acceptance Strengths Than Times Were Wisdom

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What the United States has done is to be open to people who are fleeing tyranny, who are fleeing danger, but we have done it in a very careful way that has worked for us.

~Condoleezza Rice

Topics: Careful Danger Done Fleeing Open People States Tyranny United United States Us Very Way Who Worked

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I think we live in a culture that relentlessly pursues comfort. Ease is related to disease. We shouldn't always be fleeing hardship. Hardship also brings people together. We should welcome it.

~Dan Buettner

Topics: Also Always Brings Comfort Culture Disease Ease Fleeing Hardship Live People Related Relentlessly Should Think Together Welcome I Think

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I know black kids who don't even know any other black kids except their cousins. And that's enough. You wouldn't look at these kids and say that they are Uncle Toms or self-hating or fleeing or trying to be white, given the culture in which they live, which is very natural to them as kids.

~Darryl Pinckney

Topics: Any Black Cousins Culture Enough Even Except Fleeing Given Kids Know Live Look Natural Other Say Them Toms Trying Uncle Very Which White Who You

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