Beth Simone Noveck Quotes
Democratic elections alone do not remedy the crisis of confidence in government. Moreover, there is no viable justification for a democratic system in which public participation is limited to voting.
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Nothing is certain in life but death and taxes. And in Donald Trump's case, lies.
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I like playing sort-of-crazy people. There's something really, really fun about that.
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Goals enable you to do more for yourself and others, too.
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For about ten years now, the struggle for democracy and the respect of human rights has been in the focus point - if not a commodity - of political groups aiming to rise to power.
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I never felt a need to manipulate my career from the outside - try to be someone I wasn't to get ahead.
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The best of us must sometimes eat our words.
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When I'm writing the first draft, I'm writing in a very slovenly way: anything to get the outline of the story on paper.
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When the audience enjoys your performance, you feel like a magician who is doing magic. It's a great feeling!
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It is psychological law that whatever we desire to accomplish we must impress upon the subjective or subconscious mind.
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When I first started making music, I was all about wordplay and how fast I could rap, but over the years, I've really gained an appreciation for melody. What's cool is that when you're singing, you have to be concise, and when you're rapping, you have the opportunity to be really detailed with your lyrics.
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The magic of landing my first role on Broadway went 'poof' in a matter of a few weeks.
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When I was born, some of our relatives came to our house and told my mother, 'Don't worry, next time you will have a son.'
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I still enjoy doing music. I'm not going to stop doing it, and doing it the way that I feel it should be done.
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Remember Tupperware? That was the toughest stuff ever. Why can't they make a phone out of Tupperware?
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You're gifted to do something.
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I love my life and my mistakes and my triumphs - all of it.
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If you think back to your first love, you always remember them and little things always remind you of them.
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When you go somewhere like Kenya and you see how the children don't have pencils and pens, and all of these things are considered luxuries, and what a privilege they see education as and how hungry they are to learn, I wanted to give my brother and sister long lectures. That definitely stayed with me.
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In most conventional novels, God is not allowed to be nuts. Nor are nuts allowed to be God.
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In cases of rape, trying to prevent pregnancies is obviously the best thing. The morning-after pill works successfully most of the time. Ultimately we do better if we do have better education about family planning.
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Being a founder is about being so driven to distraction by the world that you want to put something new in it. It's an act of creation, of irreverence, of defiance, of hope, and arguably one of narcissism.
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I've always said, 'I didn't have a Plan B in life.' I was in pursuit of my dream from the very beginning. It's all about desire and passion. At all costs.
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Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.
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Democratic elections alone do not remedy the crisis of confidence in government. Moreover, there is no viable justification for a democratic system in which public participation is limited to voting.
