Melissa de la Cruz Quotes
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We are poor, feeble, and blind mortals when the eye of the Almighty looks through all worlds and by his power executes all things aright, and by his grace, he makes us all rich in Heavenly Gifts. In distress and in bereavements, we can look only to him. From mortals like ourselves we can derive no help.
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I remember when people actually wore coats and ties to theatre every night. They don't anymore. It's very different.
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We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians.
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If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.
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You don't actually have control of the position people want you to be in. If they say, 'You king of the blacks,' you're king of the blacks - whether you like it or not.
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I'm a mother of a three-year-old, but when I started 'California,' my son wasn't even a twinkle in my eye. Because the book took as long as it did, I wrote it before I was pregnant, while I was pregnant, and as a new mother - so I enjoyed a diversity of experiences while creating this world.
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I'm a really good parent to myself sometimes, and I do things that make me learn and grow.
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I was about nine years old when a teacher administered my IQ test. Unfortunately, as I was nine, I didn't know that I needed to keep the paperwork for future reference.
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The music field was the first to break down racial barriers, because in order to play together, you have to love the people you are playing with, and if you have any racial inhibitions, you wouldn't be able to do that.
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For me, it's not necessarily interesting to play a strong, fearless woman. It's interesting to play a woman who is terrified and then overcomes that fear. It's about the journey. Courage is not the absence of fear, it's overcoming it.
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I have much to say about the pain I've felt and seen inside of prison. It has been an eye-opening and harrowing experience.
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He's a couple sandwiches short of a picnic.
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Within the U.S., the Obama presidency will be mainly measured by the success or failure of his economic policies. And here, I fear, the monstrous stimulus package with which this administration stumbled out of the gate will prove to be Obama's Waterloo.
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I think that we need to live our lives for the present... as if it is our one and only wild and wonderful life.
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When I meet people after stand-up shows, they'll bring their cars.
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Many people think spending an hour or two in the kitchen is a waste of time. But it is a good investment in your spiritual development.
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I've been through cancer, divorce, loss and bereavement, but they are things most humans go through.
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I love my fashion, so I gotta have my outfits.
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We, as artists, we have the right to express ourselves. That is our first amendment, freedom of speech. But I also believe that we have an obligation to the youth to be somewhat responsible in what we say on records. But I think that comes with age. I think that comes with artists growing up and becoming assured of who they are as people.
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I believe the United States is the greatest country on Earth. I really do.
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I've always been really anti-social, and being relatively famous has just given me an excuse to go out even less. If I didn't play in Soundgarden I'd have no excuse for being the way I am. My friends and family would hate me, whereas now they probably feel sorry for me. Y'know, 'Poor kid, he can't come out because he gets hassled a lot.'
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Excuse my voice - I don't have the thundering voice I used to have to get players going on the ice anymore.
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Having a few companies controlling everything we read, see or hear is destroying our culture.
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Once you start telling people you're famous, they believe you.
