Joan Larsen Quotes
Honestly, I love this job - that’s not even some talking point. I love this job, and I want to keep this job. My kids are in school here in Michigan, and my family is here in Michigan.
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When I was, like, 16, I went in to the head of Disney, and I hadn't taken acting class really at all, and I didn't know what I was doing, and it was really embarrassing. Of course, you think Disney wants over-the-top and funny, and I was just trying to be over-the-top and funny, and it just wasn't working, and that was the worst.
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The C student starts a restaurant. The A student writes restaurant reviews.
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The struggle to get weapons is continuous, but the United States will aid us, if it finds Israel displaying a willingness for peace.
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He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help.
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Just as water is a key ingredient to growth on the farm, capital is required for businesses to thrive.
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After I recovered from 'Lioness', I wanted to write something about animals because I really like mythical creatures, especially dragons. At 12, I was one of those semi-recluses who did better with animals than people. Out of that, came the character, Daine, who could communicate with animals.
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At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost.
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Leaders should always expect the very best of those around them. They know that people can change and grow.
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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
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I don't say I was 'proceeding down a thoroughfare;' I say I 'walked down the road'. I don't say I 'passed a hallowed institute of learning;' I say I 'passed a school'.
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When I was first elected I got 50% of the vote in '77 in the general election. In '81 I got 75%. In '85, I got 78%. No mayor has ever gotten that high a vote. So it was not an issue. Except for people who were very hostile to me. They thought they would injure me.
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Our relationships with our computers are almost sexual, they're so close. They're just such a huge part of our lives.
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How are we to live with the desert, in the desert, within the desert?
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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I'm very ambitious, but I also love myself - which means I try to take care of myself.
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Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family.
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But I think boys ultimately are easier than girls.
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Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.
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I was in the South of France. I saw a Brownie on a school trip. She was holding up a book. It said on the front 'rough guide'. I thought: 'Yeah' she's not a looker.
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The less you have, the more you enjoy.
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I don't wanna limit myself to anything, but I eat like a vegetarian and I eat mostly raw.
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I wanted to get out in the world, have a great job, make my mark, and see how far I could go. And I wanted to make good on the philosophy my mother drilled into us with all the subtlety of a Lady Gaga performance. I got it loud and clear. I would need to succeed, and then I could possibly be happy.
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Honestly, I love this job - that’s not even some talking point. I love this job, and I want to keep this job. My kids are in school here in Michigan, and my family is here in Michigan.
