Naomi Weisstein Quotes
It's as if women are in a totally rigged race. A lot of men are driving souped-up, low-slung racing cars and we're running as fast as we can in tennis shoes we managed to salvage from a local garage sale.
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I never really like to skate in an empty ice rink; I always need the attention of an audience.
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I don't Twitter, although sometimes I think that I should.
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We were only allowed to watch Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers and 3-2-1 Contact!
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I love the look of full brows that aren't perfectly done - eyebrows on fleek: that's the goal.
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Ideas are all around me. If I wasn't interested in them myself, I don't think anyone else would be either.
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Personally, of course it's exasperating when people think you're just swanning around in Europe, going to the occasional fashion show and then being glamorous at a party.
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I never, by any regard, ever denied any part of my family roots.
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As for my own music, I've never written a book about it. I'm not pedagogical... When I write an abstract piano sonata or a concerto, I write what I feel. I'm not a self-conscious composer.
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Court TV will always hold a special place in my heart, and I will always look back at my time there with great gratitude and affection.
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No one wants to work with a difficult star. I want to be the nice guy.
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I was addicted to the original 'Star Trek' when I was growing up, because of my dad. We grew up in St. Helens, Oregon and we weren't allowed to watch a lot of TV.
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I think that the greatest lesson I learned from my father is just having compassion towards people.
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Throughout human history, the apostles of purity, those who have claimed to possess a total explanation, have wrought havoc among mere mixed-up human beings.
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Fortunately, I don't spend too much time reading or worrying about what people have to say, but the goal for me throughout this whole process - throughout my whole life - is to try to be happy.
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Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
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There's the part of my life that the public and I share together. And there's the part that's mine to keep for myself. And that's mine. For me.
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There is a very deep conviction in the heart of the people who work in al-Jazeera that if it changes its editorial line, it will very quickly lose its audience. Al-Jazeera has its own style; it has more than 3,500 employees, and I don't think anyone will have the attitude of changing it because they will lose.
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Doing Shakespeare in the Park has always been a dream. Everyone else says Hamlet, but I want to play Romeo.
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Although offensive play is important, it's defending that gets you titles.
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Kanye West talks about being Axl Rose, being Kurt Cobain, being Jim Morrison. Adam Levine is selling acne ointment to teenagers.
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I feel like everything you learn as an actor growing up is wrong. You're supposed to hit your mark, find your light and know your lines. Those are all things that just make things wooden, dull and boring.
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I'll be honest with you: politically, I have no issue with people, but my beef sometimes is with religion at the end of the day.
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My take is that every character requires a different character to be cast.
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It's as if women are in a totally rigged race. A lot of men are driving souped-up, low-slung racing cars and we're running as fast as we can in tennis shoes we managed to salvage from a local garage sale.
