Dawn French Quotes
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If you were black, you experienced prejudice. It wasn't a real horrible thing for us; we went through it. We noticed it mostly in the South and in Las Vegas, where we couldn't stay in the hotels where we entertained. But that began to change.
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I started at the age of 8 and have been lucky to be still working.
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Back in the day, cooking definitely was the thing where you could make a lot of money. Also, it was something that I liked to do.
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I'm shy, but sometimes my voice is so clear and strong. Your tongue moves, and the Arabic language is so beautiful.
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There's nothing I like more than picking fresh vegetables then putting them in the dinner you make that night.
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Will I obliterate national debt? Sure, why not?
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I would vote for the man who's lived life, who's done different occupations, who's been out in the real world and struggled to make a living, struggled to raise a family, struggled with life as it exists. So I'd vote for experience, honest experience.
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A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. A man who invested wisely would be admired, but a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion.
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If you want to make change, 'Show me how' can be a stronger, more effective approach than 'Just say no.' That's what I think.
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I don't think I realized the extremes of my proportions until I moved to Paris. I thought I'd be 'normal' as a model, but actually, even in that world, I was at one end of the spectrum.
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I dropped the 'Bundy' with my country music because I wanted it to be two separate things: There's me as a songwriter and a country singer, and there's me as a Broadway performer.
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When I talk to CEOs, they're not educated about social media.
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Medicaid and the Child Health Insurance Program are the two most important safety net programs for children.
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Think of social media as the Internet. I can't think of anyone betting against the Internet in 2012.
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The world is full of people who have never, since childhood, met an open doorway with an open mind.
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To be a Bond girl you need courage, charm, determination and feistiness.
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Everybody knows that Alexander Hamilton was a founding father of the United States, a young father to be sure: only thirty at the time of the Constitutional Convention and just turned thirty-eight when he left behind his brilliant career as Secretary of the Treasury.
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I live in the moment. I can turn the page and move on.
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My dream was to become a ballet dancer, but after a year in bed with rheumatic fever at 13, I had grown too tall, and had no muscle tone left. I tried a ballet class and couldn't even do a plie without falling over. It was my first death.
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When once you realize all that it cost God to forgive you, you will be held as in a vice, constrained by the love of God.
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Me and Jesus are cool. I'm cool with all the gods. Gods recognize gods.
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“Crime expands according to our willingness to put up with it.”
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I haven't really ever had to audition for anything.
