Gates McFadden Quotes
Just learning to think in another language allows you to see your own culture in a better viewpoint.
Quotes to Explore
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It lies in human nature that where you experience your first laughs, you also remember the age kindly.
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Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
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You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
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France is a fantastic country. It's between the Anglo-Saxon and Latin cultures. We have some of the Anglo-Saxon rigor, and some of the Latin quirkiness.
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I started out a die-hard New Yorker but really grew to love working in Los Angeles. Even though I originally wanted to do theater, TV presented more opportunities for me, which led me out west.
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Hair and make-up always helps. I did always try to be well-groomed, professional at all times. Take your job seriously - but not yourself.
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The purpose of a business is to create customers.
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My music is best understood by children and animals.
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I don't feel under-taxed in any way at all.
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Another thing that's quite different in writing a book as a practicing newspaperman is that if you look at what you've written the next morning and you think you didn't get it quite right, you can fix it.
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I'm not a politician, I'm not an ideologue, I'm not an organizer anymore. I'm a human being sharing ideas, and those ideas have to feel fresh and from my heart and my head, and I have to feel it. You can't force that feeling.
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As a writer, I've always felt it's my job to be extremely careful when writing about victims, especially women.
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Creme Brulee is the ultimate 'guy' dessert. Make it and he'll follow you anywhere.
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In a way, architecture is about communication. That's an aspect of the discipline that is somewhat lacking, and there's definitely room for more progression into that area. I suppose that gives me a bit of a different edge. I'm also very, very used to doing a lot of exhaustive research and finding interesting information from different sources.
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It's a sin to be tired.
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I never had little brothers, so I was totally not used to hearing a lot of cussing at a young age! I learned what 'pull my finger' meant the hard way.
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When you're an athlete and you play every day and are conditioning yourself every year, the aging is gradual.
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I exercise five days a week at home.
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I have led an exceptional life in some ways, yes. I mean, I've been very lucky. I seem to have had a gift for landing in the right place at the right time.
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Sometimes you have to suck it up and call a number.
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Textbooks are going to remain a key part of learning. They just need to go digital, become more interactive and they need more analytics.
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Reading is the heart of learning, and Illinois and the nation are in the literacy emergency room showing a flat line on the education EKG. The state's results clearly demonstrate that we still are not doing what is needed to help these older students build the reading skills they will need to deal with increasingly complex high school courses.
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Never use the word, 'very.' It is the weakest word in the English language; doesn't mean anything. If you feel the urge of 'very' coming on, just write the word, 'damn,' in the place of 'very.' The editor will strike out the word, 'damn,' and you will have a good sentence.
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Just learning to think in another language allows you to see your own culture in a better viewpoint.
