Dede Gardner Quotes
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I learned at an early age that I was given something special when I was born, and that was the gift of music.
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What I want to do is tell stories about normal people in the American suburbs. I don't write the book where it's a conspiracy reaching the prime minister; I don't write the book with the big serial killer who lops off heads. My setting is a very placid pool of suburbia, family life. And within that I can make pretty big splashes.
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When you have a movie, you know who they start out as and where they go. But this is constantly changing, and you're growing with the character.
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The war against terrorism is a war against those who engage in torture.
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My mother's kitchen was built to be the focal point of our house. I got into the kitchen often as a child.
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The hijab is a symbol that we wear on our heads, but I want people to know that it is my choice. I'm doing it because I want to do it. I wanted people to see that you could still be really cute and modest at the same time.
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When I was a kid, 'Blade Runner' was my favorite movie. I remember seeing that when I was a little boy with my dad.
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But since I am in the music industry, I don't want anyone to download music, not on September 9th.
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Our music comes from our hearts - and it always has.
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The word is the Verb, and the Verb is God.
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Would you believe I never went to a hockey game when I was living in Canada?
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When I left school at 16, I became an apprentice television and radio technician, and was paid £17 a week, which was decent money in 1976. But the job turned sour when I gave myself an electric shock while repairing a television set.
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Due process gives teachers the latitude to use their professional judgment in their classrooms, to advocate for their students, and to not fear retribution for speaking the truth or teaching controversial subjects like evolution. As political winds shift in school districts, due process also wards off patronage or nepotism.
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I love Lady Gaga. She's not afraid to take risks and be herself.
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I don't like concrete jungles.
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I don't know what a supermodel is. If they call me that, I might have to punch them. It's just so vain and so unreal.
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The U.K. is so important to me. It's everything - it's my home. I love America, but it's so important for me to be here and be an artist and be well known here.
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I also like to look at the dynamic that takes place between religion and science because, in a way, both are asking the same questions: Who are we? Where do we come from? Why are we here? Where are we going? The methodologies are diametrically opposed, but their motivation is the same; the wellspring is the same in both cases.
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The truth is overrated.
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I'm definitely a vintage collector. I have a wardrobe of core basics that I like to spice up with different colors, new accessories, and I love to try on new things to invite something different. I find, with every new stage of my life, my self-image shifts with new duties and responsibilities, and so does my fashion style.
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There's always going to be somebody that you consider maybe more beautiful. But nine times out of ten here in L.A., that beauty isn't home grown. It's usually manufactured. It sort of encourages me to work more within myself because I think that's not what appeals to me. Plastic and tons of makeup.
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I don't even wanna say female guitar-players, just guitar-players, because music of all things doesn't need to be gendered and stratified, that's so boring.
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What a comfort to know that God is a poet.
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We are being held hostage by the people we elect.
