Bill de Blasio Quotes
I think you can be smart and directed and focused, without being obnoxious, and get plenty done.
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I have four kids. They are two years apart, and contraception has been very, very good to me.
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I do get approached occasionally, but not a ton. I'm unrecognizable because I'm coated in cat hair and sweat. And there's a sort of yeti quality to my presence... so I don't think that people can see the face.
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Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
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The simpler I keep things, the better I play.
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He that climbs the tall tree has won right to the fruit, He that leaps the wide gulf should prevail in his suit.
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Stories are like that. Like cities, they are built on the stones and bones of the past.
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There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.
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I don't want my writing to be work to read. My main goal is completely shameless entertainment. I want people to smile and giggle and enjoy the book. I'm not trying to save the world through literature.
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The most important thing for me is to walk the little alleys of the city, to find the little alcove where someone is cooking something, and just watch them do it. That's my idea of fun.
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For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.
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I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
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I first met my husband when I was 15. He was very cool, in a band, all that kind of thing, but he took a long time to grow up. Our paths crossed again 10 years later, and after about two weeks I knew that was it. I'm glad I met him when I did, even though I was fairly young. Because I think sometimes you can crystallise into singledom.
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Bling is good.
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Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross and the Jackson 5, that's what I grew up on.
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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From compassion springs humility. The ego is verily a gateway to hell. The person who is egoistic is far from being religious.
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I moved to Princeton, Indiana, and became a professional Farm Manager for that Princeton Farms.
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Usually Mexico, or always Mexico has defended itself and its territory.
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To be able to love and live in freedom means to be able to make godly decisions. To make godly decisions we have to surrender our egos and all the falsity and shame that goes with it.
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Feed the troops on victory.
John Monash -
My perspective comes in part from being a New York black lady, in part from being an engineer. I know I'm smart and have opinions worth being heard.
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Nudity, in the right way, can enhance a film or a TV program or a TV commercial. If it's done tastefully it can make it more of an interesting product.
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I think you can be smart and directed and focused, without being obnoxious, and get plenty done.
