Pearl Cleage Quotes
I've always loved the '40s romantic comedies and the idea of those mistaken identities and lovers' misunderstandings.
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Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
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Most of the producers don't know what they do. The misconception of the producers' function is really not a misconception. Most producers don't do a very good job.
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If you needed to borrow a cup of sugar, you knocked on your neighbour's door.
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I am a raging alcoholic and a raging addict and I didn't want to see my kids do the same thing.
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For someone who comes from my business background, getting fashion people aligned around certain things can be a challenge. In a way, the industry is so forward-looking. And yet, sometimes people in fashion are not open to change.
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Nothing can make you more humble than pain.
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I think people are too hard on the Pistols. The Pistols started the whole punk thing and never saw much money.
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I have short-term memory loss. I know that some of the memories of the Super Bowl championships are fading.
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We keep score in life because it matters. It counts. It matters. Too many people opt out and never discover their own abilities because they fear failure. They don't understand commitment.
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The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.
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In Hinduism, conscience, reason and independent thinking have no scope for development.
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My new movie, Fools Rush In, is a romantic comedy and the girl I play in that is very warm, very sweet.
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The minimum wage was due for an increase, but it was important that we offset its cost to small businesses.
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Several hundreds of thousands of Palestinian Arabs live in slums known as refugee camps in Gaza, Judea, and Somalia. Attempts by Israel to rehabilitate and oust them have been defeated by Arab objections. Nor has their fate been any better in Arab states.
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I grew up during the Revolution of Iran and the war between Iran and Iraq. The things that I saw. The impact. How it changes you. How it changes the way you look at the world.
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I'm not comparing myself to Bobby Kennedy by any stretch, but he was opposed by the liberal establishment, too. Eleanor Roosevelt was the biggest opponent to him running.
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I see it every day: People trying to create a home that somebody else tells them they should have. I don't care if it's a magazine or a bossy friend - when somebody says, 'This is what's elegant, this is what's trendy,' if it doesn't represent you, you're not going to be happy.
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The loving parts of your personality have no trouble loving. That is all they do. You experience the loving parts of as gratitude, appreciation, caring, patience, contentment and awe of life.
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I've recorded in Portuguese, too. I didn't set out to just sing ballads or romantic songs.
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I got to see Jack White. I love his new album. There's a song on the album called 'I Think I Should Go to Sleep' that my son loves. We play it on a loop around the house, and he just bounces around.
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I have no problem putting my feet up and watching football but my mother-in-law is always doing stuff.
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I think Alaskans expect me to think, to think about them and do the right thing for them.
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Remember, its all about you and the dress. Nothing more, so keep the accessories very discreet.
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I've always loved the '40s romantic comedies and the idea of those mistaken identities and lovers' misunderstandings.
