Jean Nidetch Quotes
For the first few years after I lost weight, I would feel for my hip bones every morning when I woke up so I would know I wasn't fat. It was like pinching myself so I'd know I wasn't dreaming.
Quotes to Explore
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There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without vulnerability; there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community.
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That attitude and toughness that we want to play with, that, to me, is the most critical thing.
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MTV didn't call. I guess I wasn't hip and groovy enough.
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The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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I rolled up my sleeves and said, 'I want to make a mark on this world.'
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But I don't want to sing everything out of the side of my mouth, I want people to understand what I mean.
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In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
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I wasn't interested at all in doing a documentary. I was not a public figure.
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When you do music concerts at Taj Mahal and the Acropolis, you have to be careful about your performance being appropriate with the place that surrounds you. It has to be appropriate to the culture - it should fit the building behind you, the environment you are playing it in and the culture of that place.
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Continuous persecution of widows and orphans is a crime. Even the Bible says there is a specific place in hell for those who oppress widows.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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Emancipation came to the colored race in America as a war measure. It was an act of military necessity. Manifestly it would have come without war, in the slower process of humanitarian reform and social enlightenment.
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The motivation should come from regulatory enforcement, but enforcement is weak, and environmental litigation is near to impossible. So there's an urgent need for extensive public participation to generate another kind of motivation.
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I think that there is incredible prejudice about witches while there is no prejudice about wizards. Words are very important, and I'm really into destroying myths.
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A funny thing happens in real estate. When it comes back, it comes back up like gangbusters.
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I'm not being outspoken or pro or con abortion.
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I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond.
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A born poet knows in his cradle that a poetic life is the only life worth living.
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Its really hard to be roommates with people if your suitcases are much better than theirs.
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But ordinary language is all right.
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A lot of the work I've done has involved playing quite sympathetic characters.
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For the first few years after I lost weight, I would feel for my hip bones every morning when I woke up so I would know I wasn't fat. It was like pinching myself so I'd know I wasn't dreaming.
