Melinda McGraw Quotes
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Working with Terry Gilliam was magic - I've been watching his films since I was little.
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More than trends, consumers need functionality. Everything needs an element of fashion, but that's more like a spice.
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I just wanted to give them the 'Lost Jewelry' so they can say, 'Yo, they get that's mean.' And then when I tell 'em, 'Yo, that ain't even the meal. Get ready for the meal!' That's when we 'bout to go crazy because the taste of the appetizer.
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Fiction basically is a form of gossip where you want to enter other people's lives, the lives of people you don't know, and you want to know what's going to happen to them.
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I think I am at my best when my hair is short. It's easier to take care of and more of who I am. Women are conditioned to think we need long hair.
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I am not afraid of aging, but more afraid of people's reactions to my aging.
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I usually have two or three books on the go at the same time. If I'm in different moods, I want to read different things.
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I have been working for over 30 years and am always wondering about where I am and where I am going. It does not stop and become a fixed event of achievement.
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I am not thinking that because people say I am great that I really am great. I am just doing a job, just like everybody else. The only difference is that a lot more people see what I do.
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I thought art was dead rabbits hanging by their feet on a wall. I went to Italy and saw all the religious paintings, and they didn't move me all that much. Then someone invited me to see this van Gogh exhibit at the Rosenberg Gallery in San Francisco.
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A lot of broadcasting, I think, is doing a tremendous amount of preparation and trying to act like, 'Oh, this thought is just occurring to me right now' - and speaking sincerely.
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In the end, our minds and their ability to create new ideas are the ultimate source of all human wealth. That's a resource nearly without limit.
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I think that the poorest of the poor... look up to wealthy and successful Indians with some degree of respect and pride.
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School choice is the civil rights issue of the 21st century.
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I'd rather lose an argument than get into a long discussion in order to win it.
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It's so important for those living with chronic pain to establish good communication with both their healthcare professionals and caregivers. Clear communication about pain is vital to receiving proper diagnosis and effective treatment.
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The only album that I listen to upon recording a new one is my 'Cry' album, because sonically, I think it's my best album to date. But other than that, I've never listened to my records, ever.
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You see that a handful of times every year where a person that hasn't been playing that well pops up and wins.
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The spinning wheel is the auspicious symbol of sharir yajna, body labour.
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Many mathematicians derive part of their self-esteem by feeling themselves the proud heirs of a long tradition of rational thinking; I am afraid they idealize their cultural ancestors.
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Failure is a necessary ingredient for success.
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I do believe that one way to have a destiny is to choose one.
