Judy Blume Quotes
I didn't know anything about writers. It never occurred to me they were regular people and that I could grow up to become one, even though I loved to make up stories inside my head.

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Our presence in Afghanistan is not worth the price of any more American lives or treasure.
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There is a strong sentiment within the Tea Party that favors a stronger America on the global stage, and with that comes a strong alliance with the State of Israel.
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Life has been kind to me. I am happy with the love and appreciation that I have been getting throughout my career. I feel blessed.
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If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.
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I have never taken myself that seriously as an actor.
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There's not some idea I'm going to create a work that's going to change everybody's consciousness.
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It's the irrational things that interest me.
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I mean, Tool has a style, but we try to make all our songs sound different from each other.
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Let's face it, us '60s folks had pretty high expectations.
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I know I've got a degree. Why does that mean I have to spend my life with intellectuals? I've got a lifesaving certificate but I don't spend my evenings diving for a rubber brick with my pyjamas on.
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I set the goal of getting a book contract by age thirty.
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I've got great people who handle my schedule, and everything does revolve around the children. If there's a parents' night or an Easter bonnet parade or a Nativity play, whatever it might be, then I plan everything around that.
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In the United States, oil demand is projected to grow by 340,000 barrels per day this year and gasoline demand is projected to grow nearly two percent, averaging 9.3 million barrels per day for the summer.
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I think the Bush Administration was bound and determined on regime change, and we will be paying the price of that for some time to come.
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The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to certainty; the new therefore always appears in the guise of a miracle.
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It isn't a band. It's bigger than a band. It's a lifestyle.
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Coming into a game in the eighth or ninth inning is like parachuting behind enemy lines. And sometimes the chute doesn't open. You have to live with that. It's an occupational hazard.
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Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time.
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You learn from things that don't go well, and you try to capitalize when they do. You build on those strengths and try to make your weaknesses stronger.
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There are curveballs that are thrown at you, and you just have to get over it and forgive... if you believe you're perfect, and you don't believe in forgiveness, you're not meant to be married.
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I think empathy is undervalued in a lot of these comedy writers' rooms.
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All in all this is a difficult political struggle which will go on for years, in which our people won't die anymore; I'm not sure how much we will be able to win, but I'm certain that we won't loose anything that we have now.
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We rely too much on the people we share our lives with. We hold them responsible for things they are not even aware of. We start blaming them.
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I didn't know anything about writers. It never occurred to me they were regular people and that I could grow up to become one, even though I loved to make up stories inside my head.