Poppy Z. Brite Quotes
My mother is an office manager, my father a professor of economics and financial planner.
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My mother has been a wonderful model for the professional woman - a loving mother dedicated to both her family and her work. She inspired me, made me proud, and developed in me an enormous respect for women in general.
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What we need to do is break the financial community's grip on society.
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Therefore let men withdraw themselves from errors; and laying aside corrupt superstitions, let them acknowledge their Father and Lord, whose excellence cannot be estimated, nor His greatness perceived, nor His beginning comprehended.
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When public officials turn to financial gain for official acts, we have no choice but to prosecute.
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We started by playing girls who only married at the end of the picture. We didn't play wives. That came later. But the most dreadful thing was when a star had to play a mother. That was the beginning of her professional end.
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My mother adores singing and plays piano. My uncle was a phenomenal pianist. My brother John is a double bassist. I used to play the piano, badly, and cello. My brother Peter played violin.
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My mother's side of the family was in the production side of theatre. My grandfather, Jose Vega, was a general manager for Neil Simon shows on Broadway.
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My father always said I have a face for radio, and 'Cloverfield' was one of my finest pieces of work.
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My father was in Congress when I was born. He was mayor my whole life from when I was in grade school - first grade - to when I went away to college.
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Mother had committed me for life. This is where I felt betrayed the most.
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I'm lucky to be married to someone who entirely gets what I do. She is totally sympathetic to the actor's life. Her own mother was an actress, so she sort of grew up with it.
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If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.
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My mother was an activist; so was my father. They came from a generation of young Somalis who were actively involved in getting independence for Somalia in 1960.
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My father was a writer; I've known a lot of children of writers - daughters and sons of writers, and it can be a hard way to grow up.
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I am a daughter. My father is an example for me.
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My father has been the real anchor of the family. He's the one who has always encouraged my mother, my brother and me.
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He was not a runner, my father, but he was quick. I always remember it was very difficult to escape from him when he was angry. If he wanted to beat us he would always catch us. Even me, he could always catch me.
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There was never a child so lovely but his mother was glad to get him to sleep.
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You done got with us niggas-now you talking about, 'You fucked up my self-esteem.' Bitch, it's called SELF esteem! It's esteem of your mother-fuckin' SELF, Bitch!
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I don't claim to be a particularly good father. I'm flawed, let's say. I've certainly been affected by the experience of having kids... trying to be a father, at least. It's an amazing process. It's like songwriting: it's a complete mystery to me. I don't understand it - but I've certainly written about it.
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When it comes to matters of pro sports, politics or palate, disparate sides claim their party, team and cola to be superior.
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Perhaps the way with any obsession is to ignore it simply. Not to fight it, since it draws strength from any contact with us, whether hostile or friendly.
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How glorious it is - and also how painful - to be an exception.
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My mother is an office manager, my father a professor of economics and financial planner.
