Jane Pauley Quotes
I'm not driven by killer ambition. I'm not a workaholic. I'm a good team player. I don't have to be captain, but I do want to play on a winning team.
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It's very juicy to twirl your mustache and figure out why people do the horrible things that they do. It's not just because they are evil, but because that's how they somehow explain the world to themselves and justify themselves. It's always interesting figuring out how that happens.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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My aim is to change the social norms of Pakistan; women here look up to me. I started very early, worked on myself, and the effect is for all to see.
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People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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I was born in Jersey City and raised in Bayonne, New Jersey. It's a town that's next to Jersey City, and I'm still there!
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The climate has been changing since there was a climate.
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I recently went to New York for the first time, and honey, I'm in love with that place. I'm obsessed with its sausages.
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There is not one New York but thousands - mixed-up conurbations and microclimates with their own internal logics and charms, dreams and juxtapositions, faces and tongues.
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And as long as people want to hear me sing, I don't know why I'd retire.
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I was happy to be with my parents. I didn't see very much of them, so I was very happy when my father was there and out of jail.
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Great writing is great writing. It's as simple as all that.
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You're always going to have people that are naysayers, that don't believe in your talent, that don't believe that you have any kind of longevity.
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My cross earrings are a mini statement; I wear them every day! My whole dream is to be iconic, and the way you dress yourself is so important.
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I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
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I am a compulsive and concise shopper.
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I played cello in my high school orchestra.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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We're Americans - in times of crisis, we step up.
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The single common denominator of men and women who achieve great things is a sense of destiny.
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The essence is, what can we do next? And will it be good?
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I didn't know what my passion was until I discovered the dramatic arts in junior high and high school and I realized, 'Oh, I like this. This is something I feel like I'm good at.' But, the idea of moving to Hollywood and becoming an actor was really unrealistic.
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"The flowers have appeared in our land: the time of pruning is come: the voice of the turtle-dove is heard in our land." When the soul, like the solitary turtle-dove, retires and recollects itself in meditation to converse with God, then the flowers, that is, good desires, appear; then comes the time of pruning, that is, the correction of faults that are discovered in mental prayer.
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I'm not driven by killer ambition. I'm not a workaholic. I'm a good team player. I don't have to be captain, but I do want to play on a winning team.
