Jane Pauley Quotes
New Yorkers, by reputation, are fast-talking, assertive and easily annoyed; I fit right in.
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I'm all about a flat shoe. It takes a lot to get me into a heel!
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I just like seeing the world, and it doesn't matter where.
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I always approach every role through a lens of comedy.
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I couldn't deal with a normal life.
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The United Nations is committed to ridding the world of anti-personnel landmines.
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A proof of really great art is that it is generally true - it seldom falls into the misapprehensions to which minor art is liable.
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By unapologetically opposing the transformation of America into a Third World country, the GOP would sweep the white vote–once white people recovered from the shock of any candidate asking for their vote. Why should Republicans be ashamed of getting white votes? How about the party work on getting more of them?
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Pollock was terrific. I think he freed himself of all kinds of worry about this world. Ran around and dripped, and then he managed to express ecstasy.
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Childlessness doesn't make people selfish; selfishness makes people selfish.
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You don't say, like the Bush crowd, 'I got this guy over here and I don't like him and I'm gonna get him, whether you back me or not.'
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Koreans are hilarious.
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I well remember a leading Egyptian liberal saying to me in 2003 that she did not favor free elections right then in Egypt; she favored them in a decade's time if she and others had those 10 years to organize freely.
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The idea of taking what people call the 'entertainment culture' as a focus of study, including historical perspective, is not a bad idea.
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I resist lists. It must be all those 'Most Important' and 'Best of the Year' ones I compiled in my years as a beat critic. I often felt guilty about what I left out.
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You don't do classics with a Texas accent.
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The thought of a spa treatment is lovely, but I'd be lying there having a massage and worrying about how much I had to do. I'm not very good at relaxing!
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There is superficiality to Hollywood, and yes, it is charming. Of course there is sunshine, but there is also a dark side. It's a difficult place if you don't know people, and if you can't drive, you will find it lonely. You have to create your own bubble.
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I think women have such rich emotional lives that they are expressive about. I also think they're funny. I like watching strong female characters, and I like writing them. I don't know if it's conscious that I gravitate towards women, but it's certainly evolved that way.
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Music is a big influence in my work and sometimes drives the energy of where I want to go.
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All things can be done by every company in the world. Apple builds a phone, and so does Samsung. It's not about being different but about being better at what you do.
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Justice does not require that men must stand idly by while others destroy the basis of their existence.
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I hope to read a Harry Potter novel soon, to see what it's all about. I admit to being annoyed that many good light fantasy writers have had trouble getting published, in England and elsewhere, when it is obvious the readers were waiting for us all along.
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New Yorkers, by reputation, are fast-talking, assertive and easily annoyed; I fit right in.
