Bess Myerson Quotes
I don't look upon my divorces as mistakes. Those marriages were right for the Bess that made that decision at that time.
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The conclusion that I have come to is that actually, no religion, whether it's Islam, Christianity or any idea based on scripture or texts, is a religion of 'anything,' really.
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I keep waiting for a paradigm shift to happen that will let network and studio execs see that sci-fi is the same as any other genre in terms of how you approach it - logically, character-based, with challenging ideas and forward thinking - but I worry that it might never happen in my lifetime.
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I was a tough kid with the jeans, the concert shirt with the flannel over it, the comb in the back pocket and the feathered hair.
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I wear the Jewish star, but I'm not - I haven't converted to Judaism, and I'm not - I'm not - I'm not Jewish in the conventional sense because the Kaballah is a belief system that predates religion and predates Judaism as an organized religion.
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I kind of found a niche for myself after 'Firefly'. I found something that I enjoyed doing and that I did well, but as far as how I seek out a part, it's always different. It's always something that lights you on fire when you read it. It might be just one scene, it might be one line that defines the character for you.
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I like to go to my simple cottage by the ocean or, really, any beach!
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Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic.
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Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it.
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I always appreciate people's opinions, but sometimes I have to take a step back and remember why I'm writing and what I want to do with it. Shutting out the voices is difficult but it's been good for me.
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Here at home, President Obama early on made the connection between growth and economic opportunity for women. In the depths of our crisis in 2009, one of the first laws the president signed was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. He established an Equal Pay Task Force led by Valerie Jarrett to help women get paid what they earn.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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Exposing your ignorance is how you get somebody to embrace you.
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In a sense there is no 'opposition' in Bahrain, as the phrase implies one unified block with the same views. Such a phrase is not in our constitution, unlike say the United Kingdom. We only have people with different views and that's ok.
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Back in the '70s - I remember the '70s: we were told there was global cooling. And everyone was told global cooling was a really big problem. And then that faded.
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I just don't see where I could possibly fit in directing a feature.
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If it is true that we have a personal relationship with God, then that's enough for me.
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In the present imperialistic milieu there can be no wars of national self-defense.
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About every four years, someone says to me, 'I've got a friend who looks exactly like you.' What can you say to this?
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When it comes to lyrics, I just write down a lot of things, and only a very tiny fraction of it, I think, is any good.
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Growing up, my mom would watch 'Notting Hill' a lot. She loves Hugh Grant.
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There is a way to practice hard and be physical without pads. You can still be a physical football team and be efficient in practice without pads. The 49ers practiced like that for a long period of time in the 1980s under Bill Walsh and were extremely successful when all the other teams were practicing in pads.
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I did a lot of musical theatre when I was younger, so I would love to go back and do that again someday.
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I don't look upon my divorces as mistakes. Those marriages were right for the Bess that made that decision at that time.
