Peggy Whitson Quotes
I started out as a farm girl in Iowa, and I dreamed of being an astronaut and an explorer. And I made it.
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I'm good at description and imparting flow to a story, but I don't necessarily understand the value of long scenes.
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The first movie I really clicked with was 'Die Hard' when I was 6 years old, which is crazy that I was watching it that young. That was the one that made me want to become an actor.
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The metaphor for Palestine is stronger than the Palestine of reality.
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The joining of the whole congregation in prayer has something exceedingly solemn and affecting in it.
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I have a very intimate knowledge of the world of the mentally ill and of life inside of, especially, public hospitals and the way people are treated in there and the way that they try to survive in there.
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We believe in funding family planning because it helps to prevent unintended pregnancy. We believe that a woman considering an abortion should not be forced to have an ultrasound against her will.
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I like to take walks in the park by myself, where no one can bother me and I can think.
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I'm one of those people if you ask, 'What's your favourite song?' I'm going to give you five. I don't have just one favourite.
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The worst affected from corruption is the common man.
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I'm glad that my parents missed one thing that was really unbelievable. They saw me hit this great success. It was a blast and we had a lot of laughs. And it was just an amazing time. They passed away. And then after I got, you know, famous, all these haters came out of nowhere.
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I don't like to make a big splash anyway.
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Going out and looking for managers is like going out and looking for rattlesnakes.
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In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
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When men are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.
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I think I have been very lucky as far as my acting career goes.
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Being gay myself, I'm naturally drawn to the interactions between men rather than men and women.
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I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.
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I am not interested in slice of life, what I want is a slice of the imagination.
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Never buy four C-plus paintings when you can buy one A.
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I was watching a collection of vintage '80s cereal commercials when I paused to wonder why cereal manufacturers no longer included toy prizes inside every box. It was a tragedy, in my opinion. Another sign that civilization was going straight down the tubes.
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I believe that voting is the first act of building a community as well as building a country.
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Now, I was on drugs, and that didn't help a whole lot. He hated that. That was part of where Chet and I had problems, so I take complete blame for that.
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If you can make finance more functional, make it a tiny percent better, you create a great deal of resources, which you can use for other things like education and healthcare.
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I started out as a farm girl in Iowa, and I dreamed of being an astronaut and an explorer. And I made it.
