Judy Blume Quotes
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It's often discouraging sitting working at home, wondering whether to put the heating on, answering the doorbell to the gas board, feeling it's all utterly pointless.
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A mind which really lays hold of a subject is not easily detached from it.
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I want some colleague to be free to come help me when I say the time has come. That's what I'm fighting for, me. Now that sounds selfish. And if it helps somebody else, so be it.
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The mark of higher education isn't the knowledge you accumulate in your head. It's the skills you gain about how to learn.
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New York City has an integration problem.
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You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years.
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Before you are interviewed for the job you want, try on the complete outfit you intend to wear.
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I'd rate myself an 8. I do have my flaws, but I'm a cool dude. If I wasn't myself, I'd kick it with me. I'm a down-to-earth person and all around cool guy.
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In 'The Founders,' his new book about top charter schools, Richard Whitmire traces both the 'revolution' these schools brought about in many American cities as well as a parallel phenomenon, 'the charter pushback campaigns.'
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There is no winning or losing, but rather the value is in the experience of imagining yourself as a character in whatever genre you're involved in, whether it's a fantasy game, the Wild West, secret agents or whatever else. You get to sort of vicariously experience those things.
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Set realistic goals, keep re-evaluating, and be consistent.
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Running for me is a sport. It's not a joke. It's serious.
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A good sign for me, that I'm a good spot mentally, is when I'm super prolific. And I just wake up every day excited to make or replicate music in some way. That's really nice.
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I'm Pisces with Leo rising. The Pisces part is the dreamer. The Leo says, 'Let's execute.'
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Farrah Fawcett had courage, she had strength, and she had faith.
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There are certain things I want to keep to me. I don't discuss my private life.
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Halloween is so close I can practically taste the children's tears.
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The drums of Africa still beat in my heart. They will not let me rest while there is a single Negro boy or girl without a chance to prove his worth.
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Nature is the most beautiful thing we have. It's better than art because it's from the creator.
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I find myself more and more behind these days. You have to be really diligent. I don't have kids, which helps. I'm always working on something, whether a book, or a law review article that no one will ever read, or teaching. It pretty much means I work a lot, but it's all stuff I love.
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A lot of my time is spent reading antique or out-of-print books of reference.
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I hate that word 'hate' - it should be banned.
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When you're faced with a choice, remember this: Everything else will pass away. Your family. Your friends. Your material possessions. Your beauty. Your youth. Your life. And there is only one thing that remains. Ask yourself: Which are you chasing?
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I wasn't interested in the kinds of books that I thought I should be reading.
