Randa Haines Quotes
A doctor is not a mechanic. A car doesn't react with a mechanic, but a human being does.
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Fitness, defending, the mental stuff - those were all weaknesses of mine. And I turned those into strengths.
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Generally, what adults want to know is my background, why I write what I write, and very personal insights that some say are inspiring.
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I'm going to do the old 'plaster removal' technique and just get the pain over with in one go: 'Life's Too Short' isn't funny to me.
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I'm very passionate about my two Dobermans, Stella and Mr Jonty. I go on and on and on about them, and people have to tell me to shut up before I get out pictures of them.
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Society is the body; individuals are its members, its limbs. Just as the various limbs help and co-operate with one another and thus are happy, so each must unite with others in being helpful to all in thought, speech and action... One may see to the good of one's own group, i.e., the group that is immediate to him, and then proceed to others.
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Sainthood is acceptable only in saints.
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My wife watches me like a hawk.
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Girls are really looking to places that have limits and boundaries: where adults are the adults and there are rules, and where they feel safe.
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My shows and my material are grounded in reality. It's pretty much something that's either happened in my life or in the news, and I start there and give you my take on it.
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It costs more money to put a person on death row than it does to lock them up for the rest of their lives because of attorney fees.
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Species conversation is beyond a doubt an issue that truly matters to the American public.
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Love somebody. Just one person. And then spread that to two. And as many as you can. You'll see the difference it makes.
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I don't mean to criticize anyone in any way that I wouldn't criticize myself. I think people should have fun, and have a good time, and enjoy the luck that we have to be lazy and dwell in consumerism. But I think that it's a balance. And our job as actors is empathy.
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I came into the world at the same time as the auto, if you will.
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We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.
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I'm very unpredictable, but at the end of the day, I'm working. Sometimes things change in my life. It's like, 'Hold up - that ain't feel good. That felt good.' And that's how I look at anything I do.
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I have a daughter, Hanna, and I never read fairy tales to her. But I did tell her bedtime tales and made up many tales involving 'Gory the Goblin' and other creatures that I borrowed from the Grimms' tales and other tales I knew.
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Being real is what is important.
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We are slaves to whatever we don't understand.
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I've been haunting bookshops and hiding behind display signs of TV chefs (Nigella is excellent to hide behind as she has a huge arse) as I spy on the short fiction section and see if anyone's tempted by my sweet bait. I've also been counting how many copies of the book are left in shops, and I've been covering other 'upcoming' authors’ books with mine.
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My mother could do absolutely anything. She was like Martha Stewart before such a thing existed.
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At 60, the mind was sharp but the body complained. The legs were willing to make all the right moves but the muscles gave out too early.
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A doctor is not a mechanic. A car doesn't react with a mechanic, but a human being does.
