Brenda Holloway Quotes
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I wanted to define the vocabulary of a wedding both visually and intellectually. The book is about more than weddings or wedding dresses. It's a metaphor for women's lives, their creativity.
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One of the big things I've learned is that there's an advantage to regular low-intensity activity.
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Prohibition, like so many other policies imposed from the moral high ground, typically by those who do not drink, disproportionately affects the poor who resort to illegally brewed alcohol when they want a drink, not infrequently leading to their death, and are more likely to be harassed by the police.
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The thing about the Islamic situation is we don't have a church. We don't have an ordained priesthood, which makes it a little complicated. But we do have a tradition of scholarship, and rules of scholarship. It's very much like any field of knowledge.
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If there's a common thread to my books, it is that each involves an individual's journey. The individual must stay true to themselves.
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What makes loneliness an anguish is not that I have no one to share my burden, but this: I have only my own burden to bear.
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Green roofs, roadside plantings, porous pavement, and sidewalk gardens have been proven to reduce flooding. They absorb rainwater before it swamps the streets and sewage systems.
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Obviously, after every film you do, you wonder what you're going to do next.
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As someone who has long loved history and reads a lot of history, especially when you get a distance like 130 years, these people can seem almost mythical, and you need something tangible to make them real.
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Organizations are trying to save extra money. Players are trying to get extra money. That's the way it is.
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I was always the freaky Asian girl who drew these weird-looking Barbie dolls in class.
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Having a baby is a life-changer. It gives you a whole other perspective on why you wake up every day.
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I've made a lot of mistakes. I've bonded with some people who use you, and some people that take advantage of you.
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Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.
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Novels are not about expressing yourself, they're about something beautiful, funny, clever and organic. Self-expression? Go and ring a bell in a yard if you want to express yourself.
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The PS3 is a total disaster on so many levels, I think It’s really clear that Sony lost track of what customers and what developers wanted.
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The storytelling in a movie is in the cut; it's in the edit. It's not an actor's job, really. Your job is such a tiny little thing, and I love the feeling of juggling or tightrope walking.
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I want to try different things but, most importantly, always be true to my roots and keep it organic. I'm never going to leave bachata behind. I'm always going to be a bachatero first.
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When a kid graduates from being the youngest in a family to being a big brother or sister, there's an amazing transformation. They have to make a big effort, and when they accept their new position in the family, everybody breathes a sigh of relief. All of a sudden they seem bigger, and they seem smarter, and they feel good about it, too.
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Nothing extraordinary happens to a cricketer if you time his career - which is very short.
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The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines - so they should go as far as possible from home to build their first buildings.
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'Once' constantly surprises me. I think it's the power of the music and the storytelling that people connect with.
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I had big shoes to fill, but the way we have been playing has made the transition easy.
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I feel Motown really exploited me.
