Gabby Douglas Quotes
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For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.
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One can quite understand vegetarianism. One can quite understand meat-eating. But it is difficult to understand why a person who is a flesh-eater should object to one kind of flesh, namely cow's flesh. This is an anomaly which call for explanation.
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Your man wants to know that there's nothing you wouldn't do for him - if that's your committed relationship.
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Irony is a clear consciousness of an eternal agility, of the infinitely abundant chaos.
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Ordinary people who have lots of good ideas want more than a suggestion box, and they need a union to represent that thinking.
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The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. To put it more accurately... you usually don't use it at all. It uses you.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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I remember once I read a book on mental illness and there was a nurse that had gotten sick. Do you know what she died from? From worrying about the mental patients not being able to get their food. She became a mental patient.
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In sum, we took energy for granted, assuming when we flipped the switch, the lights would go on and assuming that there would always be plenty of cheap fuel for our vehicles.
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You have two alternatives. One: you can put your life on hold and wait for the phone to ring. Two: you run ahead as if your life depended on it.
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Design needs a new relationship with the world, one that is more focused on our planet's needs.
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Unfortunately, the United States has entered into several free trade agreements that do not sufficiently protect and support our manufacturing industries and the millions of American workers they employ.
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I've been missing Japanese literature so much of late.
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Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.
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Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.
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I have no problem being mainstream. I grew up in the '90s when the mainstream was amazing.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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In fiction, a reaction shot is a brief portrayal of how your character reacts to something that someone else has done. In contrast to more direct character building, your guy doesn't initiate the sequence; he completes it. Exactly how he completes it can tell readers a lot about him.
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I think there is no future whatsoever in 3D. It does nothing to the grammar and syntax or vocabulary of cinema. And you get fed up with it in exactly 3 minutes.
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I hate the idea of sheltering kids from challenging books. It's just another form of conservative fear that promotes ignorance more than anything else.
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American poetry to me is a sort of relentless, nonstop sermon on human autonomy.
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The gospel points us upward to a God who gave himself for us, backward to the price he paid for our sin, and forward to what he’s making us into.
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Our gloomy Presbyterian ideas encourage fear of God, not love for him.
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Always be courageous and strong, and don't fear.
