Melissa de la Cruz Quotes
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God surrounded me with people of faith, people of strong faith, people of power, spiritual power, and I saw little miracles happen in their lives. By it happening in their lives, I started believing it could happen to me.
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Insight enables you make sure you don't allow negative beliefs to get permanently set in your thinking - just the same way you wouldn't want fractured bones to be permanently set into place.
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Don't avoid extremes, and don't choose any one extreme. Remain available to both the polarities - that is the art, the secret of balancing.
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I have gotten more flak for being a conservative Republican than I have for being trans.
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I was a good decathlete until I got with a coach that really knew how to train specifically for the event... I'd really describe it as like being a juggler; you have ten balls and you're trying to get them all in the air at the same time.
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The stage of the development of the productive forces determines the political and ideological superstructure of society which are crystallized into a system of social organization.
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The surveillance of ordinary people is far greater than I would have imagined and far greater than the American public has been able to debate.
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I'd love to work with Kanye West. He's gone through a lot of stuff in the public eye, but his music is genius. He always takes risks.
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I do not want to be bored listening to music that is muffled and known only to the poet himself.
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As we have more women in power, so the plays and the TV dramas are reflecting what's happening.
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Embrace your weirdness!
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If I were to pray in Arabic, I'd pray to Allah. If I were to pray in English, I'd pray to God.
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Hollywood panders to the 18-to-34 crowd. That demographic doesn't care about race and the package it comes in. They care about the hottest chick. They just like hot chicks.
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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
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Businessmen need to understand the challenges of society and contribute to solving them.
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And the ability of citizens to organize and advocate for change - that's the oxygen upon which democracy depends.
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People give me things at shows-the Robot from Japan. What I would treasure the most is a little doll of the general from the movie-and if they don't make it, I'll make my own and bring it to shows and sign it.
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I either delegate something, I dump it, or I deal with it.
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I'm actually embarrassed to tell people I'm Russian these days, because it's become such an awful place.
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The English are very proud of their Parliament, and week in, week out, century after century, they have pretty good cause to be.
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That’s a divorce. You ever seen a divorce? That’s like her taking not only the furniture and the silverware -- she took the dog, too. (Harvick) didn’t get the animal, I would say.
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As a callow 18-year-old leaving for college, I'd seen my home town as a mere launching pad for a life in worldlier locales, a place to be from rather than a place to be.
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My brother is the youngest member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons. And I wouldn't let him cut my nails.
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This is college?' Schyler asked. 'or Downton Abbey?
