Jill Abramson Quotes
I have an older sister who sounds, unfortunately, exactly like me, and we sound like our mother did.
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There are recurring elements in popularized fairy tales, such as absent parents, some sort of struggle, a transformation, and a marriage. If you look at a range of stories, you find many stories about marriage, sexual initiation, abandonment. The plots often revolve around what to me seem to be elemental fears and desires.
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Two things form the bedrock of any open society - freedom of expression and rule of law. If you don't have those things, you don't have a free country.
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What's interesting about Stephen Baldwin is that me and Dana Gould were originally cast for 'Bio-Dome' – but Pauly Shore and Baldwin ended up doing it. So there's a little movie trivia for ya.
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I've personally backed off from direct political involvement.
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Each person is living for himself; his own happiness is all he can ever personally feel.
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I'm not confident in my own ability to resist the titanic force of my own ego.
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The cliche of what a rock star is - there's something elitist about it. I never related to that. I'm an entertainer. I think of it as, you're performing for people. It's not a self-glorification thing.
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When I approach guys in certain situations and talk to them about Christ, they know that I'm speaking to them in a way that's real.
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No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
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I'm a terrific mimic, and you can feel my funny bone.
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It's actually kind of cool that women have taken to me. Because now I have a whole different demographic when it comes to the audiences. I have women who come out and support my movies, and that is a huge demographic for me, which is great because some actors don't have a female base at all.
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I curate my T.V.-watching quite carefully.
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I detest that saying 'Everything happens for a reason'; it's nonsense.
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On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.'
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Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workingmen of all countries, unite!
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It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.
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Even when I turn 60, they'll call me a child actor.
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Nowadays, everybody assumes, when they wake up in the morning, if they have a question, it will get answered. Because they have the internet. No matter what the question is, someone will answer their question.
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The general consensus seems to be that I don't act at all.
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Strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining one’s balance in spite of them. Even with the violence of emotion, judgment and principle must still function like a ship’s compass, which records the slightest variations however rough the sea.
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I couldn't pedal a bike as a child, so I had a donkey instead. I loved the power and freedom it had.
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Early in my life, without any supporting evidence, I fretted over what I believed was my fate: accidentally becoming an international pop star. The pages of my diary were filled with hypothetical ethical dilemmas.
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It's been my ambition for about 30 years to do a full- length animation film.
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I have an older sister who sounds, unfortunately, exactly like me, and we sound like our mother did.
