Vanessa Diffenbaugh Quotes
My husband and I have been involved with foster youth since our early 20s. Right out of college and not yet married, we spent weekends mentoring a family of young girls.
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I will never sign to a major record label again. If, by some mega fluke, a record of mine looked like it might break big, I'd try and do it via an indie or somehow license it. I'm not having my music owned by those corporate bastards again.
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Tackling affordable housing via land use planning won't necessarily solve the problem.
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I have this kind of mild nice-guy exterior, but inside my heart is like a steel trap.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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There are moments when I can't believe I'm as old as I am. But I feel better physically than I did 10 years ago. I don't think, Oh God, I'm missing something.
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I was never offended that people underestimated me because of my appearance or that they thought I was pretty and discouraged me from fighting because they didn't want me to risk hurting my looks.
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I didn't know Jack Kennedy that well, but Bobby was a hero to me.
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I was born in the Midwest, where 'salad' was cherry Jell-O with bananas in it. Now children are more aware of healthy foods.
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Can I eventually take classes and eliminate my accent? Sure. I guess anybody could. But this is who I am, and this is what I got. And there are millions of people who sound just like me. Millions. It's not like this is some novelty.
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A startup is literally just a series of unfortunate events where you failed, failed, failed, and failed until you succeed.
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You have to struggle to stay alive and be of use as long as you can.
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I don't feel I made any sacrifices at all. I'm doing my best to juggle.
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There's an energy in an urban core that you just don't get anywhere else.
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I don't understand why there aren't more powerful female directors. I don't have the answers, but I hope that things may start to shift and that studios will employ more women to handle strong and interesting material.
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I just wish that people will be kinder to me when I pass away.
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I have turned down so many endorsements. My phone never stops ringing.
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You don't train a dog in a training hall, jerking his neck or even giving him food treats. You train him using life rewards.
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I'm really just a normal person.
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I'm an actor, but I'm also a feminist, and a lot of times in movies there are things that I cannot imagine happening that are on the screen and totally accepted. And I just go, 'Whaaat?'
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There are persons who, when they cease to shock us, cease to interest us.
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I wasn't aware of my dad being an actor when I was young. I remember there was an Australian children's entertainer on television called Ralph Harris and when I'd say my father was an actor, kids would say, you know, 'oh, is he Ralph Harris?' And I had to say no and then they would lose interest.
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Honesty is a principle. Service is a principle. Love is a principle. Hard work is a principle. Respect, gratitude, moderation, fairness, integrity, loyalty, and responsibility are principles. There are dozens and dozens more. They are not hard to identify. Just as a compass always points to true north, your heart will recognize true principles.
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It's the story of New York. Storefronts change and languages change, but at the end of the day, people come here to find opportunity like my family did.
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My husband and I have been involved with foster youth since our early 20s. Right out of college and not yet married, we spent weekends mentoring a family of young girls.
