Melissa Ordway Quotes
I love all the holidays and getting to see my family a lot during the fall. I also love the weather and getting to wear sweaters and jackets.
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I have never found out that there was in my family an artist or anyone interested in the arts or sciences, and I have never been sufficiently interested in my 'family tree' to bother. My father and mother had come to America on one of those great waves of immigration that followed persecution and pogroms in Czarist Russia and Poland.
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I had almost three acres of land in Beverly Hills. And I had a big atrium of chickens because I love that feeling of being in the country and living from the soil.
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The weather was turning cold and I remember that Dante was using nothing but natural light as his electric department was away, prepping the scene in the cave. We stayed on that rock for the whole day.
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Hollywood has to be a better reflection of the world we live in.
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Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.
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Make no mistake: The organization of the working class must be both economic and political. The capitalist is organized upon both lines. You must attack him on both.
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I've spent a great deal of time over the past decade as a caregiver for various family members. It gives me a perspective on the struggles that many New Yorkers face with illness, disability, health care, insurance difficulties, and trying to work with and also take care of family members.
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In 1973, America imported 30 percent of its crude oil needs. Today, that number has doubled to more than 60 percent. Gas prices are as high as they are now in part because we've had no comprehensive national energy policy for the past few decades.
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I was possessed by London.
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No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
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Little deeds are like little seeds, they grow to flowers or to weeds.
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Public health and safety are my highest priorities.
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When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world.
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I think everything you do in life is a learning experience.
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My father knew classical music very well. Driving in the car, listening to the radio, he could name every composer, every movement, what piece it was. I was fascinated by the way he recognized who wrote what.
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I have been much blessed.
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Success is a collective job, and one can't claim the credit for themselves.
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I think there was, and there is, a real Commonwealth culture. It's different. America doesn't really feel to be a part of that.
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Tennis was always there for me, which was lucky. I would go play baseball, basketball, football, hang with my brother, do whatever, and at the end of the day I'd come back and say, 'Hey, Mom, would you hit 15 minutes worth of balls with me?'
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The only thing is, people have to develop courage. It is most important of all the virtues. Because without courage, you can't practice any other virtues consistently.
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In 1974 I was trying to get my first little band together. That year marked kind of a traumatic point in my life, but I had a lot of support from friends and family and a lot of good things ended up coming out of it.
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To me, I'm going out there focusing on competing, not worrying about cardio or anything like that.
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Quality is free. It's not a gift, but it's free. The 'unquality' things are what cost money.
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I love all the holidays and getting to see my family a lot during the fall. I also love the weather and getting to wear sweaters and jackets.
