Melissa Bank Quotes
You did the best you could," and she seemed to believe I had. I said, "I've just been going through the motions," using the expression my father had after he'd watched my first tennis lesson. "Sweetie," she said, "that's what a lot of life is.

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There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.
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I have always been an avid reader of chemical literature, eager for what is new.
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I want to stop transforming and just start being.
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The rehearsal is where it all happens for an actor.
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I love rap because it talks about pain that comes authentically from the ghetto. It moves me.
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I've met people who didn't even know there was a Calvin Klein; they thought it was just the name of a product.
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God manifests himself in each historical period according to the understanding of the people of the era.
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If you don't improve the lives of the poor, it's not charity.
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I should like to know if, taking this old Declaration of Independence, which declares that all men are equal upon principle, you begin making exceptions to it, where will you stop? If one man says it does not mean a Negro, why not another say it does not mean some other man?
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I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.
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A lot of my writer friends - some of whom are brilliant - work when the Muse calls them, for lack of a better description. You know, days of nothing, then this creative burst where they write for 36 hours straight fueled by caffeine and idealism.
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I believe in that gladiatorial mind-set. I love it.
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I'll come to any benefit if I see SCLC get all the money.
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The fact of the matter is the Arab elites are more inclined to accommodate our wishes because of certain overlapping interests that are often financial. That is not the case with the Arab masses.
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Brandy is the great cause of destruction for the aborigines of America.
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We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.
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We must believe in free will, we have no choice.
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I've never had a supernatural experience. I've been tempted to maybe have a tarot-card reading, but I don't know if I'd necessarily want to know.
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That's the thing about being a former fat camp champ: when asked if I'd change my past if I could, I always answer no. The pain of being an overweight kid, the humiliation, make you think twice before ever cutting anyone else down.
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We have a lot of people that are oppressed. We have a lot of people that aren't treated equally, aren't given equal opportunities. Police brutality is a huge thing that needs to be addressed. There are a lot of issues that need to be talked about, need to be brought to life, and we need to fix those.
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Women who make the choice to have grey hair - I think that's beautiful.
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The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization.
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Books can be possessive, can't they? You're walking around in a bookstore and a certain one will jump out at you, like it had moved there on its own, just to get your attention. Sometimes what's inside will change your life, but sometimes you don't even have to read it. Sometimes it's a comfort just to have a book around. Many of these books haven't even had their spines cracked. 'Why do you buy books you don't even read?' our daughter asks us. That's like asking someone who lives alone why they bought a cat. For company, of course.
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You did the best you could," and she seemed to believe I had. I said, "I've just been going through the motions," using the expression my father had after he'd watched my first tennis lesson. "Sweetie," she said, "that's what a lot of life is.