Melissa de la Cruz Quotes
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I like to give people more than their money's worth.
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Writing is the most frustrating, but it's something that I've always done.
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The more of what our music does violates the premise of its format that it's presented in, the better. So, hearing our music in the supermarket, a Muzak version, is great.
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The Islamic tradition does show some areas of apparent incompatibility with the goals of women in the West, and Muslims have a long way to go in their attitudes towards women. But blaming the religion is again to express an ignorance both of the religion and of the historical struggle for equality of women in Muslim societies.
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Every human walks around with a certain kind of sadness. They may not wear it on their sleeves, but it's there if you look deep.
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Love from one being to another can only be that two solitudes come nearer, recognize and protect and comfort each other.
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My driver Kellie Frost and I would race these fellows home and they were always faster on the highway. We did the same with Daniel and his driver, and thus began a long series of jokes and competitions to alleviate the impossible hours and tensions this film provoked.
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Would it be better if I'd married a Negro woman? Would they treat my child any better? Erect fewer barriers?
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C++ is in that inconvenient spot where it doesn't help make things simple enough to be truly usable for prototyping or simple GUI programming, and yet isn't the lean system programming language that C is that actively encourages you to use simple and direct constructs.
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I was 14. I went to see a production of 'Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris,' and when they got to that final song, 'If We Only Have Love,' it was like the top of my head had blown off.
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Games is probably the biggest industry today that has gone really social, right. I mean, the incumbent game companies are really being disrupted and are quickly trying to become social. And you have companies like Zynga.
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My dad was a really big baseball guy who helped coach me and thought the game should be played the right way.
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I think, when you become a politician, if you talk about religion too much, you're pandering or something.
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Denver is home to me, and to be recognized for my achievements in the sports community here is a great honor.
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It is important to let every employee know where he or she stands throughout his or her time in your business; I would suggest every quarter of the fiscal year. By being honest and open with each team member and their performance, you create value in their efforts.
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When I was 26, I founded Peaceworks as a food company that brought together Israelis, Arabs, Turks, and others in conflict regions to make and sell various food products from the Middle East. That economic cooperation helped bridge divides and cultivate mutual understanding among neighbors.
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A woman's perfume tells more about her than her handwriting.
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I turned around and she kind of had some tears in her eyes.
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There's no free ride. Someone always pays and if you don't know who that someone is, it's probably you.
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I just wish I could see myself in me.
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I see myself as the ambassador of hip-hop. I do songs with people from everywhere. We ain't got nothing but love.
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Politics, I now understand, is at its best when it enlightens us via an opponent's insight.
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Dude you scare me sometimes! You're all vampire superwoman.
