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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I love acting. I've been doing it since I was 16, and it's in my nature. It's the thing I do best. But as much as I love acting, I love cinema more. I always had a thing about creating images.
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To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.
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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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I know: I am a freakish geek. Or is that a geekish freak?
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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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Our evolution could have gone in different directions a lot of times. We could have gone extinct at some points. We might not have gotten our big brains, or Neanderthals might have made it while we did not.
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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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People have a huge desire to be listened to, for politicians to take the time to understand their problems.
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I've always had tremendous support from my parents. I think there's a myth that gay people have lousy relationships with their parents.
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I think of myself as a writer as much as I think of myself as a linguist and an academic. I really enjoy writing - playing with language and getting just the right metaphor.
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There's nothing like a good pair of heels.
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We Jews who willingly and happily confirm our covenantal status and its attendant rights and duties must take the question of mission seriously: either to accept it or reject it knowingly and with conviction.
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We are being held hostage by the people we elect.
