Jane Yolen Quotes
'We are all sleeping princesses some time. But it is better to be fully awake, don’t you think?'...'Americans do not want to be awake?''Oh,' Becca said, 'we like the truth all right. When it’s tidy.''Truth is never tidy. Only fairy tales.'
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I voted for Barack Obama.
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We are not accepting that countries just get to sit back and let the United States meet threats that are going to roost in their worlds just as easily as they are in ours.
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In a lot of ways, I wasn't a normal teenager.
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Properties have different characteristics, like companies, and the market throws up more opportunities because it is inefficient.
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When I read the 'Country Strong' script, I thought, 'Can't they just hand-double it? Can't I just do the rest of the movie and not have to do the performing?' It took me six months to learn to sing and play guitar at the same time.
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Father's Day each year makes me grateful for what my father did for me. This has little to do with our relationship, and much to do with what he taught me.
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You have no ability, if you're a financial institution and you're threatened with criminal prosecution, you have no ability to negotiate.
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The final phone call that said we're going to be picked up again was just a miracle. We've overcome the impossible and we're still pushing forward. I know John is smiling and so happy that he gets to watch us on TV.
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I know that for me, a lot of people will look at me and they'll think 'Somali' or 'outsider' instead of 'Minnesota.'
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But the one thing that I did do was establish myself as a good actor.
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I remember feeling that Michael was extremely sensitive when it came to that moment. Most directors are and they usually rely, at least in my experience, on the actress to take over. And Michael is a gentleman.
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Sometimes, I'm very embarrassed.
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Being authentic can be a good thing in that often people who are fixated on that are also fixated on having very high standards, so they may maintain something they think has tremendous value. On the other hand, most of the kinds of music that I've been excited about are hybrid in their origins.
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I'm saying, Come on, the global warming thing? How did the ice melt during the ice ages? Was the dinosaurs driving SUVs around back then?
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People think I'm trying to make a fashion statement because I never wear a bra. It's really that I'm a tomboy at heart.
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When you're young, you don't think very far ahead. You just think in terms of the next day, the next week, the next competition. You don't think about injuries that could threaten your long-term health.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.
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Excessive hype, bankruptcy, cash burning like autumn leaves - such is the stuff of short-selling.
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You must look within for value, but must look beyond for perspective.
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I don't believe in superheroes but I love Batman movies. There's a part of every person that is entertained by the idealistic, the fantastic.
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I have no formal proof, but I dare not believe that Jean-Marie Le Pen would treat me as collateral damage in the battle he is having with the party.
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I just want people to recognize my father as an artist who was way ahead of his time. He was a genius. His life just burnt out quicker than it should have. And that is unfortunate, but what is more unfortunate is that everybody focuses on the nature of his death as opposed to the nature of his life, which was so much greater and more important.
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'We are all sleeping princesses some time. But it is better to be fully awake, don’t you think?'...'Americans do not want to be awake?''Oh,' Becca said, 'we like the truth all right. When it’s tidy.''Truth is never tidy. Only fairy tales.'
