Judith Viorst Quotes
Superstition is foolish, childish, primitive and irrational - but how much does it cost you to knock on wood?
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Republicans traditionally say, 'oh, we'll cut domestic spending, but we won't touch the military.' The liberals - the ones who are good - will say, 'oh, we'll cut the military, but we won't cut domestic spending.'
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The part an actor played on stage was once written on a separate roll of paper.
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I live in a Mobile Home - I've never had a house, except once; I rented a log cabin.
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The kids can see that there are more parts to me than just being their mom; I wear a couple of different hats and have other roles to play.
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I don't want to be in somebody else's movie, and then they make all the money. I've gotten offers to do the movies, but I won't sell myself short and be in somebody else's movie, like 'Boyz N the Hood.' I don't think I woulda done that.
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We have created a new demonstration program to allow families with a sick child who could be helped with a cord blood transplant from a sibling to bank cord blood from newborns should they decide to have another child.
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Yes, you want to do studio movies, but I also want to grow as an actor, and an actress like me is not going to get roles where you grow and evolve in a studio film. It's just not gonna happen.
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Indeed, the line between perceiving and hallucinating is not as crisp as we like to think. In a sense, when we look at the world, we are hallucinating all the time. One could almost regard perception as the act of choosing the one hallucination that best fits the incoming data.
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Here is Heimel's Law: Anything you fantasize about won't come true. So just cut it out.
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Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer.
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The poor taxpayer may wipe his shoes on a $3 doormat when he goes home, but not the Navy. It is, damn the cost, full feet ahead on a doormat you would be ashamed to get muddy.
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There's no fear when you're having fun.
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I want to be an improviser, and I've worked very hard at that. It's an art. You don't just play whatever comes into your head; you have to be very deliberate about what you do.
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I'm not a guitarist as far as a technician goes, I just pick it up and play it. Technique doesn't come into it.
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We're pretty good at putting bunts down and really good at hitting. I know as a pitcher, when you face a pitcher you know can hit, that's not fun. I think taking pride in that, and being able to hit helps your own cause.
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I'm a fan of parchment and wood pulp.
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What lingers from the parent's individual past, unresolved or incomplete, often becomes part of her or his irrational parenting.
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Superstition is foolish, childish, primitive and irrational - but how much does it cost you to knock on wood?
