Charlotte Rae Quotes
I'd like for 'Facts of Life' to include more stories about Mrs. Garrett. But I wouldn't want to do a spin-off built around her.
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Orange juice from concentrate is labeled. Food coloring Red #5 is labeled. Fish are labeled as to whether they've been previously frozen. To a consumer, there's no plausible reason why these factors should be on a food ingredient label while the presence of GMOs shouldn't be.
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We must continue research into new forms of energy and into more efficient use of existing energy sources.
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There's something about the silence of people listening to someone or watching someone - I just... I love that.
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My mother worked in factories, worked as a domestic, worked in a restaurant, always had a second job.
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You know something, if you're not acting, you're not an actor - you've gotta work. No way around it.
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I have no ties to my dad. I had no communications with him; it didn't shape who I am or anything like that. I'm actually a product of my mom.
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If you compare me to an actor, I'm probably one of the best boxers in the profession. But if you compare me as a boxer, I'm probably one of the best actors.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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I'll never be immune to criticism, and that's okay, and I'm very comfortable with that.
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As athletes, we all have egos, we all think we can help, and when you're not given that chance, it's hard to watch.
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I wish - I wish the peace and good for the Syrian citizen and the Syrian regime.
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I love the immediacy of those old analog machines; it's really inspiring. You just set them up to play, and they go, playing the same thing until you switch the pattern.
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Football games on Friday nights followed by field parties every weekend was how I spent my high school years.
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I got married very early, and in no time at all, we had three children. And it seemed to me I had an obligation to support them.
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Without trust, you have nothing: trust is so important to me.
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The daily calendar seemed, to me, like a kind of cartoon black hole, and you didn't have to be a rocket scientist to know that that couldn't be sustained indefinitely. That's why I pulled the plug on that one after the '02 edition. Kind of a preemptive strike.
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The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.
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We are at the precipice of great transformation within our culture and government.
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At first it was difficult for me to draw. My right hand doesn't work anymore so I had to train myself to use my left hand. But I persevered. The first one I ended up finishing was the duck.
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I could cut my leg of; I could cut my arm off. I could gouge my eye out - I'd still probably survive, but not very well, and that's what we're doing to the ocean. It's the life support system of this planet. We've been dumping in it, we've been polluting it, we've been destroying it for decades, and we're essentially maiming ourselves.
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I believe the happiest moments of your life are yet to come.
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I read a book a week. I try to keep my mind working.
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I used to come to the gay pride parades in New York. I've been to a few down in Miami Beach, if memory serves.
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I'd like for 'Facts of Life' to include more stories about Mrs. Garrett. But I wouldn't want to do a spin-off built around her.
