Judy Blume Quotes
I stop and think before I start a new book and ask myself do I really want to spend the next year or two or three with these characters because if I don't, then I shouldn't be writing about them.
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I want to collect more records from terrorists, but less records from innocent Americans. The Fourth Amendment was what we fought the Revolution over! John Adams said it was the spark that led to our war for independence, and I'm proud of standing for the Bill of Rights, and I will continue to stand for the Bill of Rights.
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The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself.
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I have worked very hard to shed away my chocolate boy image in order to get a tough look for this action entertainer. I am confident of my success and would love to dedicate the same to Director Balachandar sir.
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I like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed.
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I once had a friend who did the hair for sci-fi movies, and after a particularly bad break-up I stupidly went to her salon and told her she could do anything she liked. She dyed the bottom cherry red and the top peroxide blonde.
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Hip-hop is all about impact, baby. You can sell records, you can be two-times platinum, you can be gold... but if you lame, you lame, man. We try to provide the exact opposite of that. It's style, individuality, confidence. We exude that.
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I would like to cite an instance which proves the efficacy of clean living on the part of an athlete coupled with the inspiration received from a champion which go a long way to making a champion.
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Sometimes living in a room that's badly designed isn't the worst thing in the world. Trust me - this is a fact! Living in a room that has no design whatsoever is even worse. I've learned this from my many clients over the years that have moved into new houses and just can't figure out where to begin.
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People's blessings give you the power to work tirelessly. The only thing required is commitment.
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I regard it as a waste of time to think only of selling: one forgets one's art and exaggerates one's value.
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Back home in South Carolina, you have a lot of little soul food restaurants you can run to and get some quick, decent food.
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The mollusk's motto would be: one must live to build one's house, and not build one's house to live in.
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In the U.S., these sights are no longer a surprise to me. I see army generals, captains of industry, and politicians of all colours and creeds on American television.
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Look, you come in here tomorrow, and anything you do with your right hand I'll do with my left.
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I think I need to be taken away, dropped in some territory with just a lot of loud guys.
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The myth-making about Appomattox started from the moment Lee left the courthouse on his horse to travel to Richmond.
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There is no separation between mind and body... Self and other co-arise and fall away all the time.
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We started with the basics of kicking and punching, then we moved on once we got proficient in that, we moved on to working with the weapons, and from then on working with the wires.
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I want to feel like I can dance or party all night and not be worried about people stepping on my dress.
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It's a real roller-coaster ride if you're lucky to have longevity in this business - you have to be able to ride those waves.
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It is only people who are lacking, or bad, or inferior, who have to be good at things. You have always been full and perfect, so you had nothing to make up for.
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My interest in astronomy grew from the play 'Space' that I did, where I had to learn where my character was from. I had to study the stars and figure where everything was and how I got here and all of those things.
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I think the idea of creating a character from scratch, one that has not been done in a novel or an existing story, is immensely exciting, terrifying and ultimately rewarding.
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I stop and think before I start a new book and ask myself do I really want to spend the next year or two or three with these characters because if I don't, then I shouldn't be writing about them.
