Jeff Duncan Quotes
Americans are fed up with these mandatory census surveys, and they're asking us to stop the harassment.
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What novels do that biographies don't is get at truths by penetrating the facts, by going deeper to what's underneath fact, through invention.
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I'm more like an animalistic rock chick.
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I have 179 children that I take care of full-time: close to 40 in Uganda and the rest in Sudan.
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A world free of nuclear weapons will be safer and more prosperous.
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It ultimately becomes an asset to be part of a theatrical family if, indeed, you're good at what you do.
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Clothes have to be simple and comfortable.
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When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
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We had to get serious and hit all aspects. We had to graduate. That's what you got to do: reach all people across the nation.
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I personally believe that any country that has a nuclear program should conform to international regulations and should have international regulatory bodies that check to make sure that any nuclear program moves in the right direction.
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Frankly, we actresses are so much in a hurry. We feel we have very few years to shine in our career, so we neglect our personal life. But for me, both aspects are equally important. I don't want to grow old and have regrets.
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From my undergraduate days, I've always been interested in the major philosophical questions that don't seem to have an answer that everyone agrees on.
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Music is pretty intimate stuff and I can only work with very few people: Gonzalez being one, Mocky being another and, on a completely different level, Broken Social Scene. With Broken Social Scene it's not one-on-one, it's a one-on-12. It's very healthy, very comfortable, like a big pot luck supper among old friends.
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What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.
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I think what we need, especially in publishing, is more commissioning editors and editors who are people of colour.
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You don't become the leading spinner of the team by just talking. You have to perform well consistently over a long period of time. I have bowled well and won games for India. That is why I am the No. 1 spinner. Every time I have taken the field, I have given my 100%.
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Common Core isn't a test, but for some people it is, because they don't like the testing piece of it.
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I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing into special cultural zones.
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Anything that we do to make ourselves feel worthy and safe is a flight from the pain of powerlessness. Every pursuit of external power - every attempt to change the world or a person in order to make yourself feel valuable and safe - is a distraction from the pain of powerlessness.
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When something's good, I'm not an over-celebrator.
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It is only by trying new things that we can hope to create products that are original. Don't just say those words; act like you believe them.
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A story is ultimately a memory. It's important when you're telling a story to think about why this memory is a memory. You don't remember everything in life; you just remember certain things - so, why this one?
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Sunday is the day I connect with Buenos Aires. I speak to or text my mother every day, but on Sunday I phone everyone.
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If you will not have God (and He is a jealous God), you should pay your respects to Hitler or Stalin.
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Americans are fed up with these mandatory census surveys, and they're asking us to stop the harassment.
