Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Quotes
It is high time to declare an end to the breastfeeding dictatorship that is drowning women in guilt and worry just when they most need support: after the birth of a child.
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It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character.
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I don't hurt or want for visibility, but people seem to forget pretty easily.
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Writing is challenging work because it's so easy to get consumed with how it's going, what's going to happen to it, who's going to like or not like it. You want to get all of that stuff out of your head and just let the work flow.
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It's one thing to get a letter from your kid at camp telling you he wants to come home. It's another to get a letter from a grown child saying they're coming back to live with you!
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But I also think that the more you reason collectively about what the project should be at the beginning of the process, the more you can improvise later.
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Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
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I think what's important in a good manager and a good agent is that they know your vision and that they are passionate about you and believe in you. Because if they don't, then they're not going to work hard for you, and they're going to send you out on things that you don't want to do.
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I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and also have a family... they are nearly always seen as victims.
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My parents wanted us to be well-rounded individuals and really have the American experiences as richly as one can.
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People make mistakes. They say stupid things.
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There are many challenges in the global education ecosystem: from top-down systemic issues in how educational services are organized and delivered, to bottom-up issues of curriculum effectiveness, accountability, and human resource allocation.
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A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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All personal achievement starts in the mind of the individual. Your personal achievement starts in your mind. The first step is to know exactly what your problem, goal or desire is.
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I've never had any desire to be good. I don't like goodness particularly.
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I am a big music nerd.
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My first big influences were more hip-hop based - people like DJ Shadow and Four Tet.
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Shakespeare lets us see real people undergoing real processes, with real feelings.
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When you do portraits professionally it's not a desire, it's for money.
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I discovered when I was young that I was not like everyone else, and that was great, because it's the people who are different who bring about change and new things.
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I remember being taught my place.
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I go through ups and downs in the psyche all the time, and then once you start moving again, it's amazing how you can always bounce back. You get, like, in a low rut, and you think, 'This is it; my life is a train wreck.' And then you bounce back again.
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This is quite a time. Maybe the most unique time ever for me. But I can't thank everyone enough for what they've done for New Orleans. We have really gotten a chance to find out who we are at a time like this. And where we are. We're in the greatest country in the world.
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Ordinary women of grace are, in a sense, my real role models.
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It is high time to declare an end to the breastfeeding dictatorship that is drowning women in guilt and worry just when they most need support: after the birth of a child.
