Jennifer Weiner Quotes
People say I'm not good at writing about men. My dad left when I was 16. Give me a break. I'm doing the best I can.
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Whether I do an original film, a dance, or a remake of my dad's hit songs, I have always been compared to him.
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When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
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I like talking one-on-one to everyone. I find it really sort of cathartic and interesting to hear people's opinions.
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Of course we wish that more people involved in the leak of my true CIA identity had been prosecuted, but the system worked.
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My grandparents never understood why my mother Noreen chose such exotic names for her children: Damon and me. My granny insisted on calling my brother Dermot - a good Irish name - until she died; I was just known as 'wee one.'
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The first 50 years of the cinema were absolutely great years. Original minds were at work establishing the ways to tell a story. And what is happening now is a copying, a pastiche-ing of what was done by great men.
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Despite a certain amount of rhetoric, such as 'the second American Revolution,' there is a fair consensus about which events in the affairs of a people can rightly be called revolutions. It is also clear that such revolutions are proper objects of study for the historian.
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It was a lovely opportunity for the first time in my whole career to stand up and thank people who are really responsible for me getting to realize my dreams.
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It's a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.
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People vote with their hearts, not their heads.
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Lots of people still don't think of golf as a sport.
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The world's greatest city - New York City - deserves a government that works for all New Yorkers. That starts with a mayor who is independent from party bosses and special interests, who isn't afraid to be honest with the people, and who is focused on the issues New Yorkers care about most.
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I used to tell people if they looked at a map, it was right in the middle of the United States. But now everybody knows Oklahoma because of the Thunder and their success. I don't know if I'll get 'Why?' anymore.
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In some ways, Trump's large, national coalition defies easy characterization. He draws from a broad base of good people: kind folks who open their homes and hearts to people of all colors and creeds, married couples with happy homes and families who live nearby, public servants who put their lives on the line to fight fires in their communities.
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Whatever you are, be a good one.
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My '50s were different than other people's '50s. The myth didn't permeate our world, 'Donna Reed' and all that. I longed for that, I wanted to be like other normal families on TV.
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If you have something to say of any worth then people will listen to you.
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It's good for me to do things outside my comfort zone and push myself.
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I always say that women are very strong and men are powerful. But beauty gives you both strength and power. I never think of it. It's just one of those natural things. It's the only thing I know how to do.
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People tend to fear the ghosts in their own family. You feel these family curses and think, 'If it happened to my father, it could happen to me.'
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Any art communicates what you're in the mood to receive.
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When asked if he gets advice from other musicians, quoted in **Heroes & Villains: Jerry Cantrell. Louder Sound (July 16, 2014).
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There were moments that Bobby and I would come offstage after performing in front of 20,000 people and say, 'Wow, how did that happen?' It's been a blessed life.
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People say I'm not good at writing about men. My dad left when I was 16. Give me a break. I'm doing the best I can.
