Christina Ricci Quotes
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I just let the songs tell me what to do - they are my guides, and they are the boss. So I am subservient to the songs, and I let them tell me what to do. I don't judge them; I just write whatever comes to me.
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I'm not really that girl who dreams about her wedding day.
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I think people tend to live, whether they like it or not, influenced by what's next door to them.
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I think there's a difference when you make fun of yourself and your own behavior, and when you dishonor or disrespect Christ. If you're making a mockery of Christ is one thing. But if you're just joking about human foibles and weaknesses, I think that's perfectly acceptable.
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Anything that encourages people to pick up an instrument and play, I'm fully behind.
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It's strong to be vulnerable. To be able to communicate with other women is one of the most powerful things.
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To me, being in your prime means playing your best and feeling your best, too.
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American policies toward Asians reached a nadir in 1924, with the implementation of a law that sought 'to preserve the idea of American homogeneity' and denied admission to the country to most non-whites. Immigration from Asia was banned completely, with the establishment of an 'Asiatic Barred Zone.'
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What is right, what is wrong, how can anyone say? I view very, very, few things as Right with a capital R.
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I'm a provincial. I live very much like a hermit: reading, listening to music, working in the cutting room, writing, commercial work - which doesn't take up that much time.
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Ain't nothing but 10 grand. What's 10 grand to me?
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You should allow professors to become really outstanding academicians, recognised worldwide, and you should reward them.
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We've got some very good things to do without screwing around with sleeves.
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A consumer is a shopper who is sore about something.
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When we do acquisitions, we decide what we want. We decide what fills a hole. And if the price is too high, our alternative is the $5 billion we spend on R&D every year. We're not well-known for overpaying, because at Oracle we always have an alternative.
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How do we turn our nation around? President Obama thinks the answer is more and more government. Government is not the answer. You are not doing anyone a favor by creating dependency, destroying individual responsibility.
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A man cannot be made comfortable without his own approval.
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Has Werner Herzog ever said anything that wasn't true? What a brilliant fountain of wisdom. Everything he touches I'm just fascinated by.
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It's a world where anyone you're selling to probably has just as much information as you, has lots of choices, and all kinds of ways to talk back. And so, the low road is less and less of an option. You actually have to take the high road: Be more honest, more direct, more transparent.
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The deal is that women have entered the workforce, but they have not been relieved of the domestic responsibilities.
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To spoon-feed people their comedy is not the proper evolution of the art.
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I ask the clergy why don't I see myself represented in leadership? And I'm told, and this happens quite a bit, "We don't think about race when we hire. We just hire the best person for the job."
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My father was an amazing man. No person is perfect, and no father-son relationship is perfect. He wanted me to live my life my way and never think about what he would have done or what he would have wanted to do.
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I'm very insecure.
