Jane Pauley Quotes
My parents were terrific - mother was a church organist and my father was probably the most respected person in our church outside of the minister and sometimes maybe that much. The neighbors all called him - a gentleman.
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The French are pretty thin-skinned. The few times I mentioned a French writer in 'City Boy,' the relatives would ring up in high dudgeon. I once wrote a mocking review of Marguerite Duras in the 'New York Review of Books,' and good friends of mine in France got very angry.
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No man can be ideally successful until he has found his place. Like a locomotive he is strong on the track, but weak anywhere else.
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Buying a matching blouse and skirt from the same store is a crime. A clever mix of chic and cheap hits the jackpot. Know how to mix styles and labels.
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Science is not everything, but science is very beautiful.
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When I finished the trilogy of 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies, I had a gear shift and thought, 'I need to take a moment to smell the roses.'
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I had a lousy marriage and I drank too much.
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You don't get to the highest levels of the sport without having the basics in order.
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The joy of YouTube is that you can create content about anything you feel passionate about, however silly the subject matter.
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When you sample something, you're using the crutch of borrowing chords and melodies from a song that's already great, that's already stood the test of time, that's already special. When you're trying to do it all from scratch, you're writing something brand new that has to stand on its own.
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It's hard to write a comedy sketch.
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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I may as well say it, I have been married three times.
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Have a well-thought financial plan that is not dependent upon correctly guessing what will happen in the future.
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The problem with working under an outside label is that your music never seems to reach the right people.
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I support capital punishment. But let's be clear: It's a decision for each state to make.
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Appearance is something you should definitely consider when you're going out. Have your girlfriend clip your nails or something like that.
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After all these years, I've done well and I'm cool. I feel comfortable in my skin, I've saved some paper, everybody's healthy, my kids are beautiful and smart, doing different things, it's all good.
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People haven't always been there for me, but music always has.
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I subscribe to the online Urban Dictionary's definition of nerd: 'one whose IQ exceeds his weight'. I'm also keen on the same Urban Dictionary's definition of geek: 'the person you pick on in high school and wind up working for as an adult'. I happily proclaim myself a book nerd/reading geek and proud of it.
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I'm the son of an everyman. My father is a teacher. He teaches physics at a boys' school in Sydney.
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I think Trump is a very interesting candidate in this sense: I think he has cross-party appeal.
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I'm terrified of bugs and I travel with sprays, lotions, potions; the lot. I have to check the room before I go to sleep and if I come across a bug and fail to remove it I have to sleep in a separate room as I'm paranoid that I'll be taken advantage of as I sleep.
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Evolutionary theory informs our understanding of some frankly inexcusable social behavior and renders it perfectly normal.
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My parents were terrific - mother was a church organist and my father was probably the most respected person in our church outside of the minister and sometimes maybe that much. The neighbors all called him - a gentleman.
