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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I trust the flow of life.
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I was so afraid to even read a paper in front of my classmates. It is very funny because at that point my teachers would never have believed that I could speak in front of an audience of over 2,000 people.
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I wouldn't want to make the same record over and over again or look the same or be the same. I think that's just human life in general, though.
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I spent a majority of my life in Kansas City, so I am a Chiefs and Royals guy. I used to work for the Royals for like five years in the suites department and in the stadium club restaurant.
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The only way to consistently stay ahead of the game is to adopt a long-term view and, if appropriate, with a strong contrarian spin.
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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.
