Jerry Spinelli Quotes
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I am just so thankful that my mom was a fantastic mom. She wasn't a stage mother; she didn't push me. She was happy if I was happy. We are so different. I was very shy; my mom did all the talking. She was my strength. She never expected that I would be this ballerina.
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Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing.
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I was an only child, and my mom threw me into some modeling classes to get me out of my shell.
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Instead of ideological objectives of a political nature, today we are faced with ideological objectives of economic nature.
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Don't forget I'm from a military family. I was in special training in the army. I am tall, sporty and - how do you say - you can always protect yourself... I have very strong security.
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My first collection was made from sheets that my grandmother, who lived in Normandy, had been collecting for a long time. There are a lot of flea markets in that part of France, and she knew what I liked.
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I'll never live to write all the stories I have in my head.
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Love stories thrive on hope.
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I am a relaxed person. I am very happy.
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Contrary to general belief, an artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.
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Today, we have a trade regime which has led to the largest trade deficits this country has ever experienced.
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I've stood up to producers before, and even a director. I saw them being abusive. A lot of people on the set are scared to say stuff when they're not being treated right.
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Miami's not anybody's poor cousin. It's an aspiration to live in this town, not something you have to do to promote yourself like some of the larger cities.
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When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.
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I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political views.
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Comedy is just one of the many professions that women are taking over.
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Rio in four years; I've got more inspiration in the last two, three weeks. I'm sure I'm going to get more in the Paralympics in the next coming weeks, so by the end of this season, I'm going to take a month off, and then the next four years is going to be good.
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I painted sets before I ever performed.
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I push myself hard. I don't like pain, exactly, but as a ballerina, I lived in constant pain. At ballet school in Stockholm, I remember we had a locker where if someone had been to the doctor and gotten painkillers, we divided them among us. In a sense, we were all addicted.
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It is Leistikow's lasting achievement - and will always remain so - that he found a style that can express the melancholy charm of the surroundings of Berlin. We see the Grunewald lakes and those on the upper Spree through his eyes; he has taught us to see their beauty.
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I think what's going to hurt the Republicans enormously is the extremist position of Mitt Romney on the immigration issue and states like New Mexico, states like Colorado, Nevada, Arizona - and I think it's going to be the margin of victory for President Obama, a very narrow victory.
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A person is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.
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Peer pressure is just that: pressure.
