Drea De Matteo Quotes
I swore I would never do a reality show. I've been offered them for years and years because our family life is a little crazy - I will admit to that. Definitely not the conventional mom or family - or anything, for that matter.

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I'm absolutely a Ron Paul fan.
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There's nowhere like Detroit; it's a modern necropolis: all these art deco masterpieces crumbling away.
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I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.
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In a summer marked by instability in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, I know the world also took notice of the small American city of Ferguson, Missouri - where a young man was killed, and a community was divided. So yes, we have our own racial and ethnic tensions.
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'Dr. Strangelove' was and is one of my favorite movies ever, and I just can't believe they actually blew up the world after that.
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You don't have to do everything by the time you're 30. Or 40. All you need is a work ethic. It's what allows you to push through moments of disappointment and self-doubt and fear.
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I try to be as ignorant about things as I can.
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I thought Obama ran the best campaign I have ever known - disciplined, well organised, very, very good. I was very impressed.
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A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.
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Really, life is complicated enough without having a bunch of Senators deciding what we should do in the privacy of our own homes.
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I threw a lot of balls and walked a lot of batters. Not something I'm proud of, but something I learned from.
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There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production.
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I have turned down so many endorsements. My phone never stops ringing.
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How does one get bored of life?
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My grandparents used to bring me books every time they saw me.
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Habit is a great deadener.
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Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave.
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Survival can be summed up in three words - never give up. That's the heart of it really. Just keep trying.
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Perfection is such a nuisance that I often regret having cured myself of using tobacco.
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Now, I do not, on any level, possess the expertise to argue about the science of anthropological global warming. Nor do you, most likely. This certainly doesn't mean an average citizen has the duty to do the lock step.
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The main thing that I want to say is that I don't think women are at their most beautiful in their adolescence or in their early 20s.
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You should have more time for you during all of your life - not when you're 65 and retired.
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My biography of Frank Sinatra is not paean to his music but rather an illumination of the man behind the music, who once described himself as 'an 18-karat manic-depressive who lived a life of violent emotional contradictions with an over-acute capacity for sadness as well as happiness.'
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I swore I would never do a reality show. I've been offered them for years and years because our family life is a little crazy - I will admit to that. Definitely not the conventional mom or family - or anything, for that matter.