Jane Levy Quotes
I went to England for five months when I was in high school, by myself, so I did experience a bit of being the fish out of water.
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Plastic surgery is a postmodern veil.
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I'm big on manners. I'm big on politeness. I'm big on gratitude.
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I get paid to do what I enjoy, not that common a condition.
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People think because I've got some success, I've made it, but in my eyes it's like, 'How long has Jay Z been in the business? How many albums has he got?' Not that I'm trying to be Jay Z, but I am trying to be around for a long time.
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Indeed the three prophecies about the death of individual art are, in their different ways, those of Hegel, Marx, and Freud. I don't see any way of getting beyond those prophecies.
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Writing for children hadn't occurred to me when I was younger, but nine years of teaching in the upper elementary grades had given me a deep appreciation of the gifts and graces that are specific to individuals with 10 or 11 years of experience as human beings.
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All my books are optimistic!
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Suggesting a married Jesus is one thing, but questioning the Resurrection undermines the very heart of Christian belief.
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I'd wanted to be famous for as long as I could remember.
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Whether I sound like Sammy or not is purely coincidence. You have got to hand it to him, he sings his ass off. There is no moss on that stone.
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I've been doing stand-up since I was 15 years old.
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Many are the names of God and infinite the forms through which He may be approached.
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A damn independent boy; independent as a hog on ice.
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The last few years of my life have been a little like a long ride in a Poop de Ville with the bottom down.
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I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.
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A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering with her neighbors to make their street safer; a woman running for office to improve her country - they all have something to offer, and the more our societies empower women, the more we receive in return.
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In falling over in heels while trying to look attractive, you don't just hurt your body, you bear the humiliation of injuring your very soul. Physical pain? Whatever, bring it on. But the humiliation? Oh, you have seen to the very weakest part of me.
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I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.
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Where the costs of entry are minimal, there is a wide avenue of opportunity for those with little or nothing, which is why football is just about the most democratic sport of all: African and Brazilian footballers compete on a level playing field with their rich white European counterparts.
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Even scientific knowledge, if there is anything to it, is not a random observation of random objects; for the critical objectivity of significant knowledge is attained as a practice only philosophically in inner action.
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On how he met Jerry Cantrell, quoted in Layne Staley Interviewed by Don Kaye in 1996.
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Focus on the mind and the soul. Read. Study. Enrol in a course of lectures. Pray. Become a member of a religious congregation. Study the Bible or other ancient works of wisdom.
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I went to England for five months when I was in high school, by myself, so I did experience a bit of being the fish out of water.
