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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A big reason why I'm not a big TV watcher is that in my formative years as a viewer, there wasn't that much great television on, or at least, television that appealed to me.
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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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You have to love what you do to want to do it everyday.
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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 think putting numbers together into a coherent framework always seemed to me to be what really matters.
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I love bringing the colors and textures of other cultures. If I wear a dress that I bought from a street vendor in Bali on a red carpet, it's a way of bringing my travels with me.
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The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair.
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For our white members, voting is something they have done for hundreds of years. But for us, it is not such a traumatic thing, because we have never participated in an election.
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Justice must not only be seen to be done but has to be seen to be believed.
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I think you can be smart and directed and focused, without being obnoxious, and get plenty done.
