Meghan Daum Quotes
It's great that Time is moving in the direction of validating those who, by choice or circumstance, will never be parents. But the point is not simply that society should stop judging those of us who don't have children. It's that society actually needs us. Children need us.
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I am a massive fan of early electronica like Steve Reich, Pat Metheny and Thomas Dolby. I used to be a big raver, too, so anything dance. I love ambient music like Tunng. I love acoustic and classical, too.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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I literally don't think about Oscar.
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I had a lovely childhood. For family holidays, we went as far as the car could take us - we would drive to Florida, even though it would take three days. I didn't know we didn't have a lot of money because there was always food on the table. I didn't have a lot of stuff, but I did figure skating for a long time, and I always had my skates.
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This is what's sick about living in L.A. My eight-year-old daughter will point to a woman and say, 'Look! That woman's had too much Botox.' She spots them because they all look a bit like Lord Voldemort from 'Harry Potter.'
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Everything was in stark and dreadful contrast with the trivial crises and counterfeit emotions of Hollywood, and I returned to England deeply moved and emotionally worn out.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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Citizens United opened a door that's frustrated anyone who's looking.
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Once we understand just how to control genes, we have the potential for spinal cord regeneration, bone regeneration, and so on. It might also give us plumper chickens.
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Many a poor soul has had to suffer from the weight of the debts on him, finding no rest or peace after death.
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When I was in high school, I was doing all the plays. My drama teacher, Melody Duggan, was the one one who first made me do stand-up. She's the origin of the whole thing; it's all her. In high school in Denver, that was kind of the beginning of it all.
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Even President Obama has not suggested he could get another country to pay for building a wall between Mexico and the United States.
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When James Bond gets old, you get rid of him and bring a new James Bond in.
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People did not even then like to eat dirt, if they could see it.
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At the lodge the chief gave me many particulars which were relative to the late visit of the Spaniards.
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'Transformers' was important and defining for me because it taught me about what kinds of movies I want to make and the kind of actor I want to be, and I have a long way to go before I become that actor.
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My father is a businessman, and my mother is a schoolteacher.
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I had a couple CDs. But I never had that first concert experience, that first record thing.
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The true test of a man's style is the haircut. There are some men who look good no matter how their hair is styled, whether it's trendy or not. A man can change his haircut many times, but to pull off any haircut, you have to be very chic. Like Brad Pitt.
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There were definitely lyrics and they were very meaningful. I think.
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Kyle Baker's work is really funny, but it's also got a very clear vision.
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The average full-time working male works more than a full-time working female.
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I used to say that 'happy' was like 'lucky,' kind of imaginary. But now that I'm married and have children, I find that happiness is a real space.
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It's great that Time is moving in the direction of validating those who, by choice or circumstance, will never be parents. But the point is not simply that society should stop judging those of us who don't have children. It's that society actually needs us. Children need us.
