Jerry Della Femina Quotes
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The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
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It isn't hard to find injustice around us, but we must not let injustice smear the good deeds that do occur everyday.
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I was riding my mountain bike in Colorado, and I met a dog who reminded me so much of my very first dog, in the way she interacted with me, looked at me, and wagged her tail, that I rode away convinced I'd just very possibly met the reincarnated version of my long lost friend.
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I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs.
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One has to be fully committed to one's career. Otherwise, there's no point.
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I do everything in a straightforward manner.
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Experimental science is fascinating, but I don't want to do it. I want other people to do it, and I'll read about it.
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One can be a great poet and be politically stupid.
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I've got some gift for languages. You follow your gift. But Latin's not easy.
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I realized that equipment really had little to do with why I sound like the way I sound.
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Well, I certainly did not think that I could do worse.
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I realized in the early days I just didn't edit at all. But I think you become a little more cagey with your lyrics when you know more people are going to hear them and make assumptions about you as a person. Realizing that, you want to be a little more opaque.
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From LeBron's standpoint, if a guy like Kyrie walks away - that creates doubt. But Kyrie committed right away, and that's a major statement about his faith in us.
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I played Woodstock in '69, and it really changed my life. Without a doubt, it was the single event that really changed the way I felt about music. Up to that point, I hadn't really thought of myself as more serious musician, and I didn't really have that much interest in pop music.
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Yeah, I like clothes, but I hardly ever go shopping. Hardly ever!
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There was a door to which I found no key: There was the veil through which I might not see.
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We did 356 'Dallas' episodes between 1978 and 1991. The most memorable moment for me happened in 1980 when I got shot at the end of the third series. The rest is a blur.
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I have much more to offer than my physical appearance, and a hijab protects me against 'You're too skinny,' 'You're too thick,' 'Look at her hips,' 'Look at her thigh gap.' I don't have to worry about that.
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My parents, especially my father, discussed the question of my brothers' education as a matter of real importance. My education and that of my sister were scarcely discussed at all.
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I see I have made myself a slave to Philosophy, but if I get free of Mr. Linus's business I will resolutely bid adew to it eternally, excepting for what I do for my private satisfaction or leave to come out after me. For I see a man must either resolve to put out nothing new or to become a slave to defend it.
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We've got to take care of our own business. If we don't do that, we could be sitting at home in a few weeks.
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Do we need Medicare reform? Yes we do.
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The music in Haiti is all tied up in voodoo and African rhythm, and so there's this funny thing: go to a voodoo ceremony, and then go to a Catholic church and tell me which music you liked better, to which one the music is more integral.
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'Business Week' is guilty of very shoddy reporting.
