Charlotte Perkins Gilman Quotes
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When you get older, you have to stay a bit rock n' roll so that young people will still be interested in you. The way you move, the way you talk, maybe the way you have your hair in your face a little bit - this keeps you interesting.
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I want to do an American 'Umbrellas of Cherbourg.'
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For any actor - not just talking about myself - but if you've been fortunate enough to work for a long period of time, there's going to be different choices you're going to make.
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I had a really good time in New Orleans, although I had some very tragic times in Baton Rouge. Some guys beat me up and threw my horn away. 'Cause I had a beard, then, and long hair like the Beatles.
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I don't want to hear about my death.
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As an actor, you look for roles that can constantly challenge you and you can learn from.
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Who cares about great marks left behind? We have one life... just one. Our life. We have nothing else.
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I've got so many clothes; I can dress in any style.
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Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence; Madison wrote not only the United States Constitution, or at least most of it, but also the most searching commentary on it that has ever appeared. Each of them served as president of the United States for eight years. What they had to say to each other has to command attention.
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As writers, we can't predict who might come along who might find our offerings valuable.
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I'm motivated by creating a level playing field for the world so that the weak have a chance.
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I don't spend on expensive brands. I don't need foreign holidays.
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Prayer is an august avowal of ignorance.
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I sincerely believe that if Bush and Cheney recognized the full humanity of other people's mothers around the world, they wouldn't commit the crimes they commit.
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All around the world, we send our top talent into finance, technology, medicine and law - everywhere but towards expanding opportunity for our most marginalized children.
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I loved writing for kids, I loved talking to children about what I'd written, I don't want to leave that behind.
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My real fantasy if I was to drop out would be to live in a mobile home and be a hippie and drive around festivals and have millions of children - children with dreadlocks and nose rings - and play the flute.
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My washing machine overwhelms me with its options and its sophistication.
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One bright and thankful look at the cross is worth a thousand morbid, self-condemning reflections.
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If it's fiction, then it better be true.
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You got to keep your hand in your craft, otherwise you can rot at the roots and first thing you know, you got nothing.
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In the Jewish tradition, there is at the same time Jerusalem in the heavens and Jerusalem on the ground. Jerusalem is a living city, but also the heart, the soul of the Jewish people and the state of Israel.
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You don't sell as many records as you used to because of illegal downloads, but I think there are other ways you can make money through your music. Whether it's through merchandise or teaming up with other companies or brands or whatever, there are ways.
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A concept is stronger than a fact.
