Meghan Daum Quotes
To me, having 'material' for an essay means not only having something to write about but also having something interesting and original to say about whatever that might be.
Quotes to Explore
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You know Hollywood is a weird and wonderful place, I didn't know I Dream of Jeanie had been cancelled after 5 years until I went back to go on the lot to pick up some clothes and things I had in my dressing room.
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If it's a good song, it's a good song. I'll take it.
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If someone is alone reading my poems, I hope it would be like reading someone's notebook. A record. Of a place, beauty, difficulty. A familiar daily struggle.
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From Syria even to Rome I fight with wild beasts, by land and sea, by night and by day, being bound amidst ten leopards, even a company of soldiers, who only grow worse when they are kindly treated.
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Every once in a while, something happens to you that makes you realise that the human race is not quite as bad as it so often seems to be.
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I just want to be myself and be real and be funny.
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It's unfortunate biologically we have to sleep.
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If there really is a God, then he really looks after me.
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The poet speaks to all men of that other life of theirs that they have smothered and forgotten.
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If I see a now-28-year-old woman coming up to me, she's probably thinking of 'Juno' because she watched it with her parents when she was 18 years old.
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Everyone is just nicer to prettier people.
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My bedroom is my sanctuary. It's like a refuge, and it's where I do a fair amount of designing - at least conceptually, if not literally.
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The world is a beautiful book, but of little use to him who cannot read it.
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Trends come and go, and style evolves. It's important to have pieces of jewelry that are timeless and look chic despite ever-changing fashions.
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Their practice habits are terrific. I've been around some really good guys from different teams in terms of bringing it to practice. When I was in San Francisco, Bryant Young was that way. Every practice on it.
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A thought is often original, though you have uttered it a hundred times.
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A true champion will fight through anything.
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I'm not gonna be bad at anything, and I want to actually be the best at anything I'm doing. So if I'm playing basketball, if I'm taking the SATs, like, there's a competitive spirit behind it. With production, it's the same thing.
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We really don't rest if we think our kids are drifting, or if we think they don't have the right work ethic. It drives us crazy. Because we ultimately want them to succeed and, until they do, we feel in some way that something is not complete.
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Being an agent gave me a great sense of satisfaction.
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The climate has always changed - after all, we've had numerous ice ages without human influence - but human activity has undoubtedly exacerbated Earth's natural trends beyond its capacity to adjust.
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Being the writer is merely control freak level two. You've got to get to control freak level one.
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94. I did not get my picture of the world by satisfying myself of its correctness; nor do I have it because I am satisfied of its correctness. No: it is the inherited background against which I distinguish between true and false.
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To me, having 'material' for an essay means not only having something to write about but also having something interesting and original to say about whatever that might be.
