Joan Leslie Quotes
That's the way it is: you have to show your initiative, you have to show talent and availability, and still have an awful lot of luck.
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My style is all I have. When I go on stage, that's me in my comfort zone. It's not a costume. It's just me. And I want every woman to feel that way.
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As a young child, I was never a crier. I never cried to get my way, or even when I was in pain.
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Reality is never as bad as a nightmare, as the mental tortures we inflict on ourselves.
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Im not your biggest girly girl.
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I'm trying to learn the lessons of the past, but not to make speeches about the past.
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The teacher that I was for decades, and that I still am in a certain way, wondered what was meant by the word education. I was truly dumbfounded at the very thought of dealing with such an essential and extensive subject.
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For if the mystery concealed of old is made manifest to the Apostles through the prophetic writings, and if the prophets, being wise men, understood what proceeded from their own mouths, then the prophets knew what was made manifest to the Apostles.
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Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.
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My parents, Gary and Patricia, let me be in my world. They never told me what I couldn't do. It helped me adapt in a positive way.
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All we have is our vote. But it's powerful.
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Americans call them hillbillies, rednecks, or white trash. I call them neighbors, friends, and family.
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I really like rustic mediterranean cooking. And I like trying out curry takeaways.
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You can write the best book you can, and that might still not be enough. Appeal isn't something that most writers can't strive for or identify. It's something even the best agents and editors can't always identify.
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I buy way too many books.
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I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised.
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It's always hard to deal with injuries mentally, but I like to think about it as a new beginning. I can't change what happened, so the focus needs to go toward healing and coming back stronger than before.
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I can't live without a sense of humor. I need to be laughing and entertained at all times.
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There are over 20 federal agencies that provide some, or all, of the steps in the export process. This can paint a very confusing and intimidating picture for small companies who often don't have designated export officials or trade representatives on staff to navigate the process for their businesses.
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For other people, love is like some rare orchid that can only grow in one place under a certain set of conditions. For me it's like bindweed. It grows with no encouragement at all, under any conditions, and just strangles everything else.
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In the evening of life we shall be judged on love, and not one of us is going to come off very well, and were it not for my absolute faith in the loving forgiveness of my Lord I could not call on him to come.
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It seemed to me that NASA, especially Goddard, was the place where I could carry out the dreams that I had, which were to push forward an experiment that would measure the big bang radiation better than anyone had ever tried before. Therefore, it seemed like the perfect place to go.
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Sponsors and networks will really go all out and simply evaluate people on the basis of talent.
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That's the way it is: you have to show your initiative, you have to show talent and availability, and still have an awful lot of luck.
