Polly Berrien Berends Quotes
My list of things I never pictured myself saying when I pictured myself as a parent has grown over the years.

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I have made enough money to secure my family and that is all I care about.
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Reading is power. Reading is life.
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I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.
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I'm very lazy when it comes to making the original sound. I don't go through amplifiers and different compressors and signal parts. I just grab something, whether its an old guitar or a children's toy that happens to be lying around, and record it straight into the computer.
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It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere.
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My best decision was to choose to go to Wall Street over law. I learned a lot and focused on the expanding software industry at a time when the independent software industry was just beginning.
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It's great fun to play with a really good band.
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My fantasy is, if I wasn't on 'Dexter,' I would move my family to London and work for the BBC on 'Doctor Who.'
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Your intentions are your nonphysical causes that set energy into motion. They create a multitude of effects and, therefore, determine the experiences of your life. This is one of the most important things that you can know. It is also something that you can see for yourself is true.
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There are no tough guys in wrestling.
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Old Deuteronomy's lived a long time; He's a Cat who has lived many lives in succession. He was famous in proverb and famous in rhyme A long while before Queen Victoria's accession.
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We must not always judge of the generality of the opinion by the noise of the acclamation.
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You talk like they don’t kick dreams around downtown.
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The Eskimos live among ice all their lives but have no single word for ice.
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I can usually tell when a woman is going through a divorce because they look so gaunt and tired and sad. It's just a huge sadness. It's horrible. It's like death. You mourn, but the person's still there.
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I have the utmost confidence in Sen. Sessions, now General Sessions.
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A new constitution should be more amendable. A needlessly confusing system of courts should be altered to produce an arrangement that would be simple, responsible, and less awkward.
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I try to keep in my mind the simple question: Am I trying to do good or make myself look good? Too many of our responsibilities get added to our plate when we are trying to please people, impress people, prove ourselves, acquire power, increase our prestige. All those motivations are about looking good more than doing good.
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I'm the oldest of three girls. My sisters say I can be bossy.
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This 51 Phoenix Racing team, I love them to death. They've got my back, I've got theirs.
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But here's the thing: what you do as a screenwriter is you sell your copyright. As a novelist, as a poet, as a playwright, you maintain your copyright.
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My father is a retired army captain and banking software salesman, and my mother is an English teacher.
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My list of things I never pictured myself saying when I pictured myself as a parent has grown over the years.