Deborah Copaken Kogan Quotes
I'd always assumed that by 40 I'd have at least a modicum of stability - a steady income, an established career, a bountiful fullness, like a pillow into which I could sink as I entered the second half of my life.
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What we do for a living does not matter so much as how we do it. It is the spirit in which we do our work that counts, and that counts through all eternity.
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I was thinking of going to London drama schools or to New York, because France didn't accommodate the things I wanted to do in film.
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After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.
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But Charlie, Charlie, how can we ever really know anything? Charlie, what or who is God?
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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I'm the complete opposite of every clean cut, decent-looking guy you could ever think of. Yet, I have the biggest heart in the world.
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I've been just eating very healthy, all organic, no sugar, white flour, nothing artificial. I'm being so incredibly strict... not a lot of meat!
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The states are not free, under the guise of protecting maternal health or potential life, to intimidate women into continuing pregnancies.
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There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
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No one ought to be under any illusion that Cheney privately thinks himself a failure.
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I want every episode to feel like we still haven't done this right yet.
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If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
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I liked English and art and did a lot of painting. And for some reason I was good at math, but I wasn't an A student. I really had to work hard to get good grades.
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I come from a Christian faith. I am not going to give you insight into my particular beliefs.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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On the ground, Pakistan is the most virulently anti-American state on the planet.
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People assume actresses are afraid to get older; the truth is the roles get a whole lot more compelling once you're too old to play dumb.
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When I watch a movie for the first few times I'm usually thinking about where I was in a given scene, who was next to me, what we were doing etc. But after I've gotten through all of this, when I'm really watching the film itself, then I get moved.
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Choosing a spouse with religion in mind is not always a mistake, especially if your heritage and your faith are important parts of who you are. The trick is, as always, to recognize a good thing when you see it - and never mistake the bad for something more.
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When a child is born, the exact moment it draws its first breath should be noted, as that moment, and not the time of delivery, is the time of birth from the astrologer's point of view.
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You want to be a citizen of the world, and then life happens, and you forget to be a citizen of the world; you're a citizen of your own existence.
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The audience likes to be taken on new journeys.
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Knowing lots of answers but being a millisecond slow on the buzzer is indeed very frustrating.
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I'd always assumed that by 40 I'd have at least a modicum of stability - a steady income, an established career, a bountiful fullness, like a pillow into which I could sink as I entered the second half of my life.
