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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Around the globe, millions more are mourning the death and celebrating the life of Pope John Paul II .Could any other world leader have drawn so many people to one place?
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I grew up on a farm in Lexington, Oklahoma, a rural community south of Norman. My family moved to Enid, Oklahoma, in 1962, when I was a junior in high school. This cast me into a totally different environment. Enid was a company town for Champlin Petroleum, and there was an oil boom going on.
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There's never been anything like this in my tenure.
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If you love someone, you say it, right then, out loud. Otherwise, the moment just passes you by.
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I try to dig deep into the well of my subconscious. At a certain moment in that process, the lid is opened and very different ideas and visions are liberated. With those I can start making a film. But maybe it's better that you don't open that lid completely, because if you release your subconscious it becomes really hard to live a social or family life.
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I am a blogger - that is an amazing thing for me, because it captures a moment in time every day.
