Charlotte Whitton Quotes
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I don't fault my former law firm for running their business like a business or expecting their new hire to be worth the obscene rate she was billed out at, but fun it was not.
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There was this moment, particularly after I had my first child, where I felt like, 'I don't know if I'll ever make a record, or if this is always going to be something just floating around in my head.'
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The weapon of suicide bombing is so desperate that you aren't even left with the possibility of taking revenge or punishing anyone; the terrorist is killed along with his victims, his blood mixing with theirs.
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Unlike some, I don't claim to hold the mystic key to the future. But judging from past events, it seems to me that those who want to prophesy the imminent end of America's unique global role have a harder case to make than those who think we will limp on for a while, making a mess of things as usual.
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
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I have seen life from the top down and the bottom up. I know how it looks both ways. And I know there is wisdom and that there is hope.
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We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather.
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When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.
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I enjoyed being in 'The Ten Commandments.' That was a great experience - to suddenly become one of those holy people. I was holier than thou.
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I love zoo sanctuaries.
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I can never find a movie I want to watch, even though I've got hundreds to choose from.
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When ghetto living seems normal, you have no shame, no privacy.
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There are so many people in the world who cannot read English or French or whatever.
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The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.
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I really loved animals when I was little - my friend and I had an imaginary vet's office; we would mime doing surgery on animals. We treated more injuries than illnesses - fixing with a baby bear with a broken leg, removing a tumor. Of course, our surgeries would take about five seconds; that's how good we were.
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When I wake up every morning, I thank God for the new day.
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There's nothing like overcoming something that scares you so much. Nothing feels better.
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Strong families are vital to strong societies.
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Nobody scares me.
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If people think I look good, it's the make-up.
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I've stopped reading fiction. I don't read it at all. I read other things: history, biography. I don't have the same interest in fiction that I once did.
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I can't get my knickers in a twist about my age and ageing in an industry that caters to the ids of 14-year-olds.
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My freshman and sophomore years in high school, I spent a lot of time trying to get back on the right track. I was arrested multiple times by the time I was 16, so I had a little harder time trying to adjust like a lot of us do in high school.
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Man cannot live by incompetence alone.
