Dominick Dunne Quotes
I've lived this very dramatic life, with high points and terrible low points. Nothing has been ordinary, and I want to have the experience of the last breath. I want a little drama to it.
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Every morning I wake up and thank God.
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I firmly believe that one of the best kept secrets to soft and glowing skin is moisturisation.
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I really enjoy comedy. It's a real challenge.
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Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease, and I'm sensitive.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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I do two cups of coffee with a little bit of raw sugar and soy creamer, and then I do a bowl of plain oatmeal with walnuts and blueberries. Now, if I could do what I really wanted to do with my life, every morning I would have a salami-and-cheese omelet with hash browns and a buttermilk biscuit - and pancakes. But my heart would explode.
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When they are assailed by despair, young people should let universal concerns into their lives.
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I believe in luck. My luck's real streaky.
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We need to fight to prove to people that it is possible to form an E.U. migration policy that is in line with the Hungarian national interest.
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I love fire. As a child I loved setting light to things. I'd always be in the forest putting matches to pieces of wood. I've always regarded fire as my friend.
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As you get older, you get different, and I'm a mushier, softer person as I get older.
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Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be.
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Movies don't have borders.
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The Lakers are family. My kids don't have to switch schools. Little things like that are important. People don't think about things like that. I feel like something special is going to happen in this town.
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A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing.
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I had a lot of fun with my costume designer.
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I find the presence of the sea quite inspiring, and sometimes I do just get out and walk around and take in the sea breeze to try and clear my mind.
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If your desk isn't cluttered, you probably aren't doing your job.
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It's generally much easier to kill an organization than to change it substantially.
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Even when life challenges us, it's a gift beyond all measure.
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My grandmother flew only once in her life, and that was the day she and her new husband ascended into the skies of Victorian London in the wicker basket of a hot-air balloon. They were soon to emigrate to Canada, and the aerial ride was meant to be a last view of their beloved England.
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For many years, at great cost, I traveled through many countries, saw the high mountains, the oceans. The only things I did not see were the sparkling dewdrops in the grass just outside my door.
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And a democracy can't exist without free speech and the right to assemble. And that's what Americans tend to forget. And they're born into a culture where they take all of their freedoms for granted.
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I've lived this very dramatic life, with high points and terrible low points. Nothing has been ordinary, and I want to have the experience of the last breath. I want a little drama to it.
