Kristy McNichol Quotes
I didn't know the word no, because I wanted to please everybody all the time. Every kid does.
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I am tired of women playing action heroes like men, because they are not men. But sometimes they are written like men.
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I was born in Dallas, Texas, but I was raised in south Florida. 'Ice Ice Baby' is about that area.
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Funny is as funny does, and funny puts on a walrus mask and slowly gyrates in a mall food court. I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.
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Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
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What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of temperament, the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects.
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Odd how much it hurts when a friend moves away- and leaves behind only silence.
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I think that T.V. shows are more like working at a home. You know you're going to the same place every day, working with the same people, the same cast and crew. You're in a dressing room instead of a trailer, so I think that that's more of a normal sort of lifestyle.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
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Being funny with a funny voice is more my comfort zone, a broader character that I try to humanize, a kind of silly or wacky persona that I try to fill in.
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People employed in financial institutions are rarely interesting and even more rarely likable.
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I'm very tomboy, and I'm inspired by hip hop artists.
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The most exciting happiness is the happiness generated by forces beyond your control.
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You have good days, you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally.
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I didn't want to do a zoo show. I didn't want to do a study of someone with mental illness. I just wanted to show someone who was trying to live their life.
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I always had the dream of flying, and the cheapest way is to become a skydiver.
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Lawmakers misrepresent the facts when they call the manufacturing deduction known as Section 199 - passed by Congress in 2004 to spur domestic job growth - a 'subsidy' for oil and gas firms. The truth is that all U.S. manufacturers, from software producers to filmmakers and coffee roasters, are eligible for this deduction.
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Government is the ultimate monopoly. And monopolies, as any economist will tell you, often breed complacency and a lack of innovation.
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I would argue that education, actual learning - it is hard work. It's very personal. Your parents don't teach you anything. Your teachers don't teach you anything. The government doesn't teach you anything. You read it. You don't understand it; you read it again. You break a pencil and read it again.
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You just do the things that you love and see if other people can like them too.
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We need to stop kicking the can down the road and rethink our entire tax system toward long-term, comprehensive tax reform.
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I hated her now with a hatred more fatal than indifference because it was the other side of love.
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It drives me crazy to do readings of my books, because if I read anything I've written in the past, I'd like to almost rewrite everything. If I could, I'd completely rewrite Fargo Rock City, and every sentence would be just slightly different. In all likelihood, most of them wouldn't be any better. Some of them would just be changed back to whatever form they used to be, before I second-guessed myself the first time.
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I didn't know the word no, because I wanted to please everybody all the time. Every kid does.
