John Avlon Quotes
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I remember when people actually wore coats and ties to theatre every night. They don't anymore. It's very different.
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I want to have my desperate need for personal success shrunk, not enlarged.
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How boring would this world be if everyone was the same?
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I feel like I'm a good actor, but I wouldn't call myself a gifted actor.
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I think what we need, especially in publishing, is more commissioning editors and editors who are people of colour.
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I offer originality: you don't know what my films are like until you go to them. I think that's the reason I've been getting all this attention.
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We want to be able to sell you anything, anywhere, any time you want it.
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I feel really proud of my work on 'Sullivan & Son.' It's a really different character for me. I was excited to play this really tough, sweet smart, quirky girl because that's who I am at my core, but that's never who I was playing. The show is like my pride and joy.
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The culture of a workplace - an organization's values, norms and practices - has a huge impact on our happiness and success.
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Historical hypocrites have themselves carried out the very human rights abuses that they suddenly decide warrant intervention elsewhere.
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Life is hard. Not great. Kind of tragic.
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I'd grown up an athletic child, a competitive soccer player since age 4, with stints ranging from months to years in gymnastics, softball, volleyball.
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I'm mad for satin.
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You have no idea how hard it is to live out a great romance.
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Neither men nor women are exempt from killing loved ones. The difference is in what happens to them when they do. Twelve distinct female-only defenses allow a woman who commits a premeditated murder to have the charges dropped or significantly reduced. No man has successfully used any of these defenses in similar circumstances.
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'My father still reads the dictionary every day. He says your life depends on your power to master words.'
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We can be bought, but we can't be bored.
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Maybe I will write a memoir, perhaps I'll do some essays, or maybe I will write a mystery story.
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What we've tried to do is have neighbors, colleagues, friends and family talking.
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By the time Clinton graduated from Yale Law School, many people, including her boyfriend Bill, believed she could, and should, embark on a political career. She'd given the Wellesley commencement speech that had earned her a 'Life' write-up of her own.
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Something that is in every year for me is oversized sweaters. I feel like this is the way to go if you're running late. You can just put anything oversized on and pair it with leggings or jeans and it looks cute.
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Everybody's got a different way of telling a story - and has different stories to tell.
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The first audition I did was for 'Trapper John, M.D.' I was surprised to get the part, and then to have it last for seven years was a bonus.
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One tell-tale sign of a Wingnut: they always confuse partisanship with patriotism.
