Mena Grabowski Trott Quotes
I am a blogger - that is an amazing thing for me, because it captures a moment in time every day.
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Jewish, black, Filipino, whatever the specificity is, it's specificity that makes a good story. And I think people are tired of seeing the same old shtick on network television. It's just a group of white people hanging out talking about their jobs. Who cares? We've seen that.
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I am not stupid - I'm not young, and I'm not beautiful.
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The good thing about being an actress is that it's very children-friendly. I can work for three months, and then I can have six months off.
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When you're bad in the NBA, you're in the lottery. When you're great in college, you get multiple lottery picks.
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The integrity of the federal procurement system needs to be protected so that the public has confidence in government contracts, and small businesses have every opportunity to compete.
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My mom watches really obscure stuff on IFC. She's a real comedy fan. She knows everything that's going on.
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You accomplish what you want to accomplish. I just don't ever want to hurt anybody doing it.
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I only began to sing because I couldn't get a job as an actress.
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People are trying to grab every part of you, so it's really hard to focus.
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It's such a challenge to play a good guy - it's hard to be believable.
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If you can hang in games by staying close defensively, then good things can happen.
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My mother was a gorgeous person with no vanity, but she was a really good soul.
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I never really thought it out. I just woke up one day, and I was involved in all these projects. They just seemed to involve animals.
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Neuroscience over the next 50 years is going to introduce things that are mind-blowing.
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They had absolutely no sexual interest in me.
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It was not cool to be that fun, bubbly kid, so I would just go off on my own and sing and make up songs, and that's how I think I developed into the kind of artist and writer that I am.
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I think one of the key differentiators I bring to the table as a venture capitalist is a solid understanding of the public markets and how they operate.
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I carry Yeats with me wherever I go. He's my constant companion. I always can find some comfort in Yeats no matter what the situation is. Months and months and months go by and I know I need to switch to Shelley or somebody else, but right now Yeats is enough for me.
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I have a constant sweet tooth, so I like anything from the bakery, like cupcakes, cookies.
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I had no idea what to expect when we did Ladies' Night. I didn't think it was going to get nominated for a Grammy. I didn't know that we would have to perform on the MTV Awards show.
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Once upon a time there was a woman who was just like all women. And she married a man who was just like all men. And they had some children who were just like all children. And it rained all day. The woman had to skewer the hole in the kitchen sink, when it was blocked up. The man went to the pub every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The other nights he mended his broken bicycle, did the pool coupons, and longed for money and power. The woman read love stories and longed for things to be different. The children fought and yelled and played and had scabs on their knees. In the end they all died.
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The goodness of the world grew like moss in cracks, she thought. It grew, somehow, with hidden roots, nourished by something unseen.
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It's amazing how much the sense of telling a story with a beginning, middle, and end helps me to relax. I find that the mass of stories that one is subjected to living one's life is otherwise overwhelming.
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I am a blogger - that is an amazing thing for me, because it captures a moment in time every day.
