Pamela Druckerman Quotes
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I don't think that any political party should claim Jesus as being a part of a political party.
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Noble character is best appreciated in those ages in which it can most readily develop.
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The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.
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Ultimately, all human activities have as their goal the realization of happiness. Why, then, have we ended up producing the opposite result? Could the underlying cause be our failure to correctly understand the true nature of happiness?
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If you've got cockles, those nickel-size, heart-shaped mollusks, and you want to get fancy, steam them, then toss the meat in finely ground cornmeal.
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The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it... I can resist everything but temptation.
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Oh, yes; you Virginians shed barrels of perspiration while standing off at a distance and superintending the work your slaves do for you. It is different with us. Here it is every fellow for himself, or he doesn't get there.
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As a street performer, I have learned that everybody wants to connect. And that usually, if you're a bit extraordinary, if you're not exactly of human appearance, then people will feel inclined to participate and to feel out loud. It's as though you made something resonate within them.
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I don't even sing in the shower.
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The solution for mankind is of a spiritual nature. It is not a political or religious solution. It's the ability to love each other. That's the only solution I see.
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One day, I will tell my story... where I came from and where I am now and how I remained positive.
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Too often, we have tended to fall into a trap of creating plain hamburgers.
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Do you know what I was smiling at? You wrote down that you were a writer by profession. It sounded to me like the loveliest euphemism I had ever heard. When was writing ever your profession? It's never been anything but your religion.
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When you're growing up, I think there's this idea that the coolest people are the ones who are really rude and feverish. But I've come to realize that isn't cool.
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As a person who is not confrontational by disposition I tend to see that the quality of being confrontational is a positive attribute.
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I started writing my first book for young people when I was in college. I was only a couple of years out of my teens when I began; I felt closer to that experience than I did as an adult. But I've always been drawn to stories about young people.
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It would be flattering to be thought of as someone who celebrated life.
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The culture is what creates the foundation for all future innovation. If you break the culture, you break the machine that creates your products.
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I lived with my mother and father and brothers and sisters some of the time; some of the time, my mother and father were feuding, so my mother would take us to live in my grandmother's house.
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If you're a singer, you do concerts, and you get that interaction with fans and see what cities in what part of the world come out to see you. When you're on television, you're removed from that.
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I think I'd like my hair to be perfect.
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Sometimes the solitary voice can be the best one.
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Certain woman will be jealous of how skinny you are, no matter what's causing it.
