Debbie Allen Quotes
The clothes back in those days were made so much better than clothes are today. They actually took time to make clothes to fit a woman's body. Today they make clothes that fit sizes, so it stretches to fit this and that.
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Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes a burning obsession.
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If I don't write down a thought - or an image or a line of poetry - the instant it comes to mind, it vanishes, which explains why I have pens and notebooks in my pants and coat pockets, the car, the bicycle basket, on one or two desks in every room including bathrooms and the kitchen.
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I'm a huge historical fiction and non-fiction fan.
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Russia is an amazing country to be an entrepreneur.
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I find it slightly absurd that the only thing we consume more of than water is concrete.
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I'm never running for office. I love being able to speak to members of Congress or members of the Senate and floating on either side, because it takes all of us. It's going to take both of them.
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Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.
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Teenagers did not have, before rock 'n' roll and rhythm-and-blues - they did not have any type of music they could call their own once they got over 4 or 5 years old until they were well into their 20's and considered adults.
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People are really upside down. They want a government they can trust. They want one that's not going to raise their taxes by $15 billion and not lay off one state employee.
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I would be happy if people just called me an actor.
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The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self.
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By four years of age, the average child in a family receiving public assistance has heard about 13 million words, compared to 45 million for a child from a wealthier family. The disadvantages developed during their first four years are usually still present in high school.
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I did one of those 'born again' things and invited Jesus to become the chairman of the board, of my life.
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I've been recognized very seldom. I think I just look different in person than I do as the character.
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I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.
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We are all tasked to balance and optimize ourselves.
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I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it.
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When you fail you learn from the mistakes you made and it motivates you to work even harder.
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I believe that artists should be paid for their creativity. There's no other industry where people can come in and take what you create for free and give it away for free and that's acceptable.
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This is a crucial meeting for the future of the European Union.
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When I have the time at home, I'll practice three or four hours a day. I have to. And I'm a late starter; I started at age 17 and at age 51 I'm still learning.
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The clothes back in those days were made so much better than clothes are today. They actually took time to make clothes to fit a woman's body. Today they make clothes that fit sizes, so it stretches to fit this and that.
