Walt Whitman Quotes
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Try and understand what part you have to play in the world in which you live. There's more to life than you know and it's all happening out there. Discover what part you can play and then go for it.
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There comes a time when money doesn't matter.
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My goal is to improve my game, stay healthy and be competitive. If I have that, I know I can be able to win tournaments, which in the end is what it counts.
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I know girlfriends of mine who, when they were approaching pregnancy and starting a family, consistently went through a period right beforehand that was a last gasp kind of thing where they just wreak havoc. They fall apart, in a profound way, because there's some awareness that that's the last time they can do that for awhile.
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We tend to talk about death as if it is losing a battle, but that assumes living is winning and dying is not.
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If most American cities are about the consumption of culture, Los Angeles and New York are about the production of culture - not only national culture but global culture.
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Freedom of expression is tested during times of anger and conflict and enables all opinions and outraged expressions of dissent that we may not want to hear. But even for this there have to be limits.
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People I respect complimenting me on my work in fashion is more exciting to me than anything I ever achieved as a Spice Girl.
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I conveniently was not accepted to film school, which I applied to in 1987, and so I decided I would become a filmmaker instead of a student.
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Knowledge has outstripped character development, and the young today are given an education rather than an upbringing.
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My instinct is to be very controlling.
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When I was little, people like Talking Heads were on the radio. There was something geeky yet groundbreaking about them.
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I think it's nice to break down that barrier, that models are seen and not heard.
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'The Creation' presents an argument for saving biological diversity on Earth. Most of the book is for as broad an audience as possible.
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There's a lot of girls out there that can relate to me. They can look at me and see themselves a little bit. There's a lot of girls out there that have a tougher side to them. I just think that people are really grown and attracted to that, and that's why people like to see me fight.
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I didn't only have a perceptual problem, I was also so nervous and so upset. The process just didn't work. I lost enthusiasm for school and I flunked second grade. The teachers said I was lazy.
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Acting was just another part of my life, as it still is today. It's 1 of the 10 things I love doing. It's never just been my life. As cheesy as it sounds, all my eggs were never in just one basket. I had a thousand baskets going on.
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It's weird, because the ideas in my songs aren't controversial to me. I feel like I should be able to sing about anything.
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You never want to rest on your laurels. You want to keep doing things that terrify you.
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I always say, even in this industry that I'm in - I'm on a show today, but the show could get cancelled.
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Your personality - the real you inside - was the price of beauty.
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I try to recognize that there is no such thing as having it all - and it's impossible to be perfect. You just have to let certain things go.
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What America does best is produce the ability to accept failure.
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All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candor.
