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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Everybody has that: everybody knows what it's like to go home and then regress and not be running from something, not like who you were when you were home. I think everybody relates to that.
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From the time I was 20 and people would say, 'Chicks with Picks,' I hated it. It's not a genre, it's a gender.
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Overcoming the obstacle of my diabetes diagnosis was something that forced me tackle the challenge head-on and, with an amazing support system, eventually come out stronger.
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A healthy friendship is one where you share your true feelings without fearing the end of the relationship. It's also one where you sometimes have to let things that bug you slide. The tough moments will make you wiser about yourself and each other. They will also make you stronger and closer as friends.
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I am a blogger - that is an amazing thing for me, because it captures a moment in time every day.
