Melissa de la Cruz Quotes
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I think that the U.S. does have this very much more open attitude, and I admire it very much and I think it's very important to the world. But the information and the discussion sometimes come too late, after the effective decision has been made.
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Generally a chef's book is like a calling card or a portfolio to display their personal work.
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A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.
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My father passed away in 1942, and three-four months after his death, I had to start working. There was a responsibility on my shoulders to run the household. It was my duty as the eldest child in the house.
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Politics is a necessary evil, or a necessary annoyance, a necessary conundrum.
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I do not make any apologies for my manner or personality. I come from a long line of very strong, black African-American women who neither bend nor bow. I haven't had very good modeling in submission.
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But I don't like to, tell people how old I am. I like that to be a mystery.
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To change what you get, you must change who you are.
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Obviously I love 'The Godfather' movies. I think they're phenomenal.
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My kids are in school and in all these clubs - chess club, fashion club, you name it. When my dad came home from work, it was late, and when he left, it was early in the morning. On my days off, I'm still taking my kids to school and picking them up. I do what I have to do to keep that relationship.
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Art is something special because it can come up with a way of approaching the truth that is a little to the side.
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The writing gets done away from the keyboard and away from the studio in my head, in solitude. And then I come in and hopefully have something, then I wrestle with sounds and picture all day long. But the ideas usually come from a more obscure place, like a conversation with a director, a still somebody shows you, or whatever.
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The light dove, cleaving the air in her free flight, and feeling its resistance, might imagine that its flight would be still easier in empty space.
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Fuck the harder way, I'm doing it the smarter way
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Scientists are being portrayed by much of the power structure in politics and business as having a vested interest - that they're just out to get more grant money by exaggerating the threats.
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Gandhi became my role model. I have always been interested in Eastern philosophy. Since early in my life I've been fascinated by India, and I have spent a great deal of time traveling in that country.
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I don't come in with any preconceived ideas, and although I will have done some preparation, I can go which way the director wants.
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I loved Stephen Wright, and I loved Mitch Hedberg, but they seemed like geniuses you could never emulate. You'd just be ripping them off.
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I look back on my life and have to face the fact that I have been narcissistic and selfish.
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Motherhood changed me because it is so fundamental what you're doing for another person. And you are able to do even though it takes a lot.
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I know Australians are no strangers to pubs, but in the U.K., the pub is a real meeting place because the houses can be quite small, so the pub is an extension of the living space.
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Whoever finds love beneath hurt and grief disappears into emptiness with a thousand new disguises
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Decide who you are and what your goals entail - then go for the roses. Life has little regard for those who waste time.
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Never trust a shiny surface. They hide a multitude of flaws.
