Patti Davis Quotes
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Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
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I'm not a control freak.
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When I see a dolphin, I know it's just as smart as I am.
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When we begin to desire a thing, to yearn for it with all our hearts, we begin to establish relationship with it in proportion to the strength and persistency of our longing and intelligent effort to realize it.
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The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?
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Textbooks are going to remain a key part of learning. They just need to go digital, become more interactive and they need more analytics.
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Sometimes I hope that through osmosis I might get a workout - just by wearing the clothes.
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In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
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Jazz is the only music in which the same note can be played night after night but differently each time.
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My husband is a musician. He cooks and he's a chef but he also, he makes basement recordings. So many people in my life make basement recordings, so I feel very lucky, I'm surrounded by very creative people.
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I'd love to make a thriller.
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You can't, no matter what anyone says, build a movie around someone.
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Readers let me know that they like books that have more to them than meets the eye. Had they not let me know that, I never would have written 'The View From Saturday.'
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'Sesame Street's' genius lies in finding gentle ways to talk about hard things - death, divorce, danger - in terms that children understand and accept.
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People seem to need a likable protagonist more than ever.
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The 100m is never stressful.
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People ask how could I be so conservative. Well, I was born to people raised in 1889.
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The best V-Day gift I've ever received was a personalized photo collage.
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I don't rely on my figure to sell records.
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When I was a kid, I would make these incredibly bloody movies in my back yard. I was constantly making weird blood concoctions; Jell-O and milk was a good one. I was constantly ruining clothes and staining my parents' walls and stuff.
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So I consider myself a dog person. Kind of. Had dogs when I was a kid, but my parents would never have dreamed of having them in the house.
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You can do and use the skills that you have. The schools need you. The teachers need you. Students and parents need you. They need your actual person: your physical personhood and your open minds and open ears and boundless compassion, sitting next to them, listening and nodding and asking questions for hours at a time.
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You have to separate yourself from your parents. You do. In order to find yourself.
