Jane Clayson Quotes
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I had no expectations of white people at all.
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I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not.
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The issues that we face as a country and in South Florida aren't broken down by city line or county line.
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Life does not owe me a shred.
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Minimalism now is a reaction to what came before. It's absolutely of its time. Music moved into the set theory thing, and moved out of it.
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The great sin was adopting the 21st Century's Socialism, something that not even its founder, Ditrich knows exactly what it is, though he says it is under construction.
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I said if I have a No. 1, I'll do a naked photo shoot! I'm not sure a lot of people would like to see that, but it was more to the fans, really. Every gig I do, they try to get me to take my clothes off, so it's a promise to them - if I get a No. 1, I'll happily do a naked shoot.
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By taking responsibility for how you choose to respond to anything or anyone, you're aligning yourself with the beautiful dance of life.
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Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Kuwait.
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I get cast as a lot of sympathetic characters. I'd like to play someone really unpleasant.
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It is the easiest thing in the world to die. The hardest is to live.
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People do not lack strength; they lack will.
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There's an energy in an urban core that you just don't get anywhere else.
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Historical costumes from the 18th and 19th centuries look so complicated, but when you see the patterns, it's very systematic. I've always been impressed by how the patterns economize the fabric.
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The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten.
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Education can counteract the natural tendency to do the wrong thing, but the inexorable succession of generations requires that the basis for this knowledge be constantly refreshed.
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Equality for women is progress for all.
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Rather than fretting about IQ scores, voters should try to determine what candidates read - other than the Bible, which they all say they read - and the kind of people with whom they spend their time.
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I have never truly applied myself. Lots of things have come too easily to me and at too high a level.
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Where hopes are unrealistic, fears often become exaggerated; where dreams alone are blueprints, nightmares result.
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I have my own definition of minimalism, which is that which is created with a minimum of means.
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The signs of climate change are visible across the nation, from the drought-stricken fields of Central California to the flooded streets of Michigan. Extreme weather is turning people's lives upside down and costing communities millions of dollars in damaged infrastructure and added health care costs.
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I never attended a creative writing class in my life. I have a horror of them; most writers groups moonlight as support groups for the kind of people who think that writing is therapeutic. Writing is the exact opposite of therapy.
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I love to hear about ordinary people's lives and interests and what motivates them.