Jennifer Carpenter Quotes
I never thought that I would be so attracted to television, but I don't think gigs like 'Dexter' come along too often.
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Because we're in a small town and somewhat isolated from the fast lane of high tech, we've been able to grow and concentrate on our work instead of being distracted by the competition and getting caught up in the soap opera of Silicon Valley.
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I do not regret the part I have taken in a cause so just and interesting to mankind.
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Here I am, this smart, bookish girl, and I have this biker-chick name.
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Every time I go to Comic-Con, I'm jacked. I want to dress up and walk the floor and answer questions, because I'm excited about it. It's like making new friends.
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When love is pure, it has the power to conquer. Lover and beloved conquer each other by their affection. The source, the essence, the fullest manifestation of love's conquering power is the love of the soul for the supreme soul, or God.
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There's always hurdles. So I just keep moving, just constantly redefining myself. That's how you stay in the race.
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Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?
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Never think that lack of variability is stability. Don't confuse lack of volatility with stability, ever.
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The essential lesson I've learned in life is to just be yourself. Treasure the magnificent being that you are and recognize first and foremost you're not here as a human being only. You're a spiritual being having a human experience.
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To the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth.
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The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.
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I think God has a tremendous sense of humor.
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Art is something special because it can come up with a way of approaching the truth that is a little to the side.
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I always liked movies like 'American Graffiti' and 'Gregory's Girl.' 'Gregory's Girl' is particularly perfect because it really captures that summer holiday bubble of teenage utopia. Even though it's got a happy ending, there's a feeling that these characters may never see each other again.
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You can make a lot of mistakes and still recover if you run an efficient operation. Or you can be brilliant and still go out of business if you're too inefficient.
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I don't get easily bored. I'm not that kind of person.
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I'll go for broke. Swim faster. It's not going to be easy - this whole thing was never going to be easy.
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I was single for a long time and felt very much alone in the world, and talk of family values upset me very much at that phase in my life, because I used to think: 'What about people like me?'
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We have seven and a half times as many people in prison. And we have eight times as many black women in prison now as we did in 1981, when I left the White House. So that's been one of the major concerns I've had as a non-lawyer, to criticize the American justice system, which is highly biased against black people and poor people. And it still is.
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We tell ourselves that the more time we have at our disposal, the more opportunity we will have of finding greater happiness. But again we are looking to the future, to the times we will create. Again we miss the enjoyment of the present moment.
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The fact is, it wasn't enjoyable being in secondary school. I was a weird kid.
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Our life may look glamorous, but we scream at the kids, and I have to tell Jamie to tidy up if we have guests coming over.
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I like to involve myself in charities that help children and also young women in need.
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I never thought that I would be so attracted to television, but I don't think gigs like 'Dexter' come along too often.
