Jennifer Pahlka Quotes
Government technology processes are mind-boggling long and complicated. A procurement process alone is typically two years, and that doesn't account for the time required to actually build the product.
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TV is like a school. It is easy to shoot for a film. In movies, you have a definite start and end. You know your character is there for a particular period.
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I'd like to learn how to cook. I've hauled around this big, old, heavy Martha Stewart cookbook in my suitcase to Cape Cod, L.A., Paris. I don't know what possessed me.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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The less you have, the more you enjoy.
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It took me just three months to pick up Hindi. I guess I'm a fast learner when it comes to languages.
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I still have a young attitude.
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Hear the other side.
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Searches of al Qaeda sites in Afghanistan, undertaken since American-backed forces took control there, are not known to have turned up a significant cache of nuclear materials.
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My dad went to jail for a long time. We lost everything, and the situation never resolved itself. My parents had this sort of passionate, disastrous desire for each other - not ideal to grow up in.
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I make my own face exfoliant at home, using finely ground rice powder mixed with milk or yogurt. I also treat my skin to a honey, rose water, glycerine and lemon face pack. The honey moisturises, and the lemon removes impurities.
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All you can do is focus on telling the best story you can with compelling characters. If you do it right, it will endure. If you do it wrong, it won't.
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I like part-time jobs in restaurants.
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In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.
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When I was old enough to walk home alone from school, I loved seeing our house from a distance. It sat on the corner of South Muirfield Road and West 4th Street and had this proud, majestic look. But I rarely went through the front door. The back was more dramatic.
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I like to do Pilates.
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I want to be like Robin Williams, really. It's all the different characters he does, all the different voices.
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I always had the dream of flying, and the cheapest way is to become a skydiver.
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I am lucky enough to be married to a personal trainer. He's able to whip me into shape pretty quickly.
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At 'Women's Wear', I always said, 'Get it first - get the bacon.'
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The hard part about following your purpose is the distraction everyone pulls you toward.
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At some point, you're going to have to be willing to take a punch for your team. If your employees or your teammates will see that you're willing to do that, they are more likely to be loyal to you, and your team is more likely to function better.
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I don't think that VR is going to lead to humanity being enslaved in the matrix or letting the world crumble around us. I think it's going to end up being a great technology that brings closer people together, that allows for better communication, that reduces a lot of environmental waste that we're currently doing in the real world.
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I reach for funny books all the time to help me get through life.
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Government technology processes are mind-boggling long and complicated. A procurement process alone is typically two years, and that doesn't account for the time required to actually build the product.
