Melissa de la Cruz Quotes
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The thing about markets, and I think the thing people don't understand about that, is markets are not kind, but they're very efficient. So when the marketplace determines an inefficiency in the system, it corrects that, and a market system that's left alone will reward good behavior and punish bad behavior.
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It delights me that I don't fit the stereotype of an actress.
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I love and adore being a mother. It's the greatest gift I've ever been given.
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I really am pretty boring. There's no reason to take pictures of me.
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In fighting, you're not going 200 mph, but there's obviously danger in the sport. If you're a fighter or a NASCAR driver, you're obviously an adrenaline junkie. Both also take a lot of skill.
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I have to stay calm, cool, and collected.
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I began hearing rumors of apossible recording session with Neil Young. I was a huge fan of Neil's.
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We think that in Mexico, online trading of shares and financial instruments is not going to be as important as it is in the U.S. On days that there is a banking holiday in the U.S., you hardly see any movement here on the stock exchange.
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I hope that people will see that we don't have to sit by the sidelines and watch as the two major parties limit their choices to slightly different flavors of the status quo. It is, in fact, possible to join the fray, stand up for principles and offer a real alternative.
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I think I just have a natural operatic aesthetic. I can't help it.
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Really, life is complicated enough without having a bunch of Senators deciding what we should do in the privacy of our own homes.
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But the issue has to do with land, which is our land.
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Library campaigners are not prepared to stand by and watch something they cherish be dismantled brick by brick.
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Even the most embarrassing mishap can be spun into comedic gold.
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That's why I talk about the breast cancer: because I want women - and everyone - to stay on top of things and get checked. I know how scary it can be. When I dealt with it, I was like, 'Oh my God.' And I have so many other friends who have gone through it or have suffered a loss.
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I went to church when I was younger, but it was never something pushed down my throat or anything, which is a good thing. I found out for myself where I belonged.
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On the ground, Pakistan is the most virulently anti-American state on the planet.
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The first song I wrote was called 'Here I Go Falling In Love' I wrote it in the sixth grade.
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Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
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I'd rather win two or three, lose one, win two or three more. I'm a great believer in things evening out. If you win a whole bunch in a row, somewhere along the line you're going to lose some too.
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What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more. If you can't feed a hundred people, then just feed one.
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I had been right I was still right I was always right. I had lived my life one way and I could just as well lived it another. I had done this and I hadn't done that. I hadn't done this thing and I had done another. And so?
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As an actor, it is okay to fall and get up. Then you can give your best. Sometimes audiences don't receive it well, but you have to take it in the right sense. It is part and parcel of being in the industry.
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I love her because she has become something more to me. She become my life.
