Florence King Quotes
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I've gone through stages where I hate my body so much that I won't even wear shorts and a bra in my house because if I pass a mirror, that's the end of my day.
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I had to endure the worst time of all in terms of racial discrimination in Hollywood when I first started out. It was inconcievable to American directors and producers that a Mexican woman could have a lead role.
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I see Americans of every party, every background, every faith who believe that we are stronger together: black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American; young, old; gay, straight; men, women, folks with disabilities, all pledging allegiance under the same proud flag to this big, bold country that we love. That's what I see. That's the America I know!
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We have lost the idea that something can be secret because it is valuable, not because it's shameful. If you share everything with everybody, what have you got for yourself? I tweet and I blog, but I save a lot for myself. Not because I am ashamed.
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It is more important to know how to mix and match the clothes than to spend money.
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Offset's the animal out the group. But he ain't no bad guy.
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I'm a computer scientist by training. I'm also the author of three books, all of which endorse the use of biotechnology to improve the human condition. In the most recent of these, 'The Infinite Resource,' I talk about the power of innovation to save the world.
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We confuse activity with progress, and that's always dangerous, especially in war.
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How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.
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From age 16, I lived and breathed wine. I read every magazine and book about wine.
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A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.
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To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!
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At the beginning of a new project, often before I do any actual writing, I collect photos, quotes, song lyrics, and even objects that relate to the characters or the world I'm creating.
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Feminism was about making women's lives less constrained and giving them more choices.
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Money has no moral opinions.
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I hope that the opening of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial will be a life-altering experience that inspires every American to rededicate themselves to the fulfillment of Dr. King's dream.
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The sense of jubilee for music and what we're making is always genuine.
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As is well known, 'McCarthyism' was an alleged focus of political evil in the 1950s: Accusations of Communist taint, without factual basis; bogus lists of supposed Communists who never existed; failure in the end to produce even one provable Communist or Soviet agent, despite his myriad charges of subversion.
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I maintain the rather old-fashioned view that this is my work and it's in the public arena, but that doesn't entitle everyone to know what happened at home before coming here.
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It was an interesting way to come across in my first big role. To work with Robert DeNiro was very exciting.
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If I thought that any of this was pre ordained, then it takes away any kind of incentive to struggle, or to put up with things, to reach for those impossible dreams, all those dramatic things.
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Our concept of governing is derived from our view of people. It is a concept deeply rooted in a set of beliefs firmly etched in the national conscience, of all of us.
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I was lucky to be in the right place at the right time. But many others were also in the same place. The difference was that I took action.
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Writers who have nothing to say always strain for metaphors to say it in.
