Christine Lavin Quotes
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The business part of it can be very vexing. You always have to keep certain metrics and everything. Because all I can do is make a good show.
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As governor, I'm spending my time focused in three areas: creating jobs, reducing the expense of government and schools.
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We have gone through everything as a nation - partition, dictatorship, and even anarchy.
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When I'm actually writing by hand, I get more of a sense of the rhythm of sentences, of syntax. The switch to the computer is when I actually start thinking about lines. That's the workhorse part. At that point, I'm being more mathematical about putting the poem on the page and less intuitive about the rhythm of the syntax.
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Experts are able to identify patterns related to a specific problem relevant to their area of knowledge. But because nonexperts lack that base of knowledge, they are forced to rely more on their brain's ability for abstraction rather than specificity.
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I will work to restore fiscal responsibility to our country's budget and to provide for a more robust economy.
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Adultery is the application of democracy to love.
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Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.
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I'm a working actor. I don't make my own work, so it's the opportunities that are presented to me.
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If you go away with, you know, a girlfriend, wife, whatever, you have an argument on holiday because you're not used to spending that much time with people.
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Make one day a mono-meal. This means, choose just one fruit and have it as much as you want. Apples, pears, or anything in season are great for mono-meals.
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I always sang in school choirs and went on tours to other countries. I have always loved it. It's a very communal thing, and you really connect with people.
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If life is all subjective, why not be subjectively happy rather than subjectively sad?
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I didn't know who she was, but I knew she was hungry, so I started handing out $100 bills and called the office and told them to bring me a bunch more. Then I had my cousin's store deliver a bunch of smoked ham and turkeys. I mean, these people are hungry and living under a bridge.
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I don't end up writing songs in my journals, but I'm sure that my ability to write songs has been helped by how consistently and impulsively I try to get my life into words through the journals.
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I want to write a book of poetry, as well as children's stories.
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I've tried to convince members of my party that we should not allow the hair on the backs of our necks to bristle every time somebody mentions renewable energy.
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You know there's nothing a Hill Democrat would rather do than criticize another Democrat. It is their favorite activity. Then they can read about how honorable they are in an Op-Ed piece, how bipartisan.
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Choreography is mentally draining, but there's a pleasure in getting into the studio with the dancers and the music.
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Any time you have loose ballots, you have to worry about shenanigans. It's a shame such a hard-fought election has to come down to something like this.
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Nothing I do is didactic. I just want to hold up a mirror and say, 'This is who we are.'
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Various Horsemen are abroad, doing their various Apocalyptic things.
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Let every lion do his duty.
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The songs come along at their own pace when they are ready.
