Judy Collins Quotes
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When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.
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Let me just say as one who has been speaker of the House, I've had to have a very thick skin about every kind of thing that was thrown at me.
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I almost took a job in Italy. It was really a great opportunity, but they didn't think I had enough international experience.
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People think I'm just an old Luddite, but that's untrue. I buy every new gizmo as it comes out, play with it until I understand how it works, and then give it away.
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Looking back, the biggest mistake I made was feeling ashamed of it. Acne is a part of life. You don't need to be embarrassed of it.
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I still find it hard to believe that the whole era of jazz is over.
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Hindi films are so deceptive. I thought Mumbai was this big, grand, beautiful city with sea-facing flats.
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Some friends are better shots than are casual enemies.
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At some point, you've got to realize, you're either a leading man or you're not.
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As long as we set up equality, we'll go in the right direction.
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You don't have to live in a garage to write great poetry.
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You have certain writing tools but generally creating something from nothing makes one quite mad and Cynthia and I are quite mad you know.
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Seeing Anonymous primarily as a cybersecurity threat is like analyzing the breadth of the antiwar movement and 1960s counterculture by focusing only on the Weathermen.
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Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation.
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I would break a lot of cymbals. You whack the cymbals hard enough, and they will crack in half. Drums are not actually as sturdy as they look. They're actually somewhat fragile instruments.
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I think romantic passion is wanting a little something in return.
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Violence against women and girls touches every corner of the globe and is one of the world's most pervasive human rights violations.
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Hip-hop for me has always been hardcore and edgy.
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But in order for anyone to become successful, sometimes you have to be that driven and focused, and maybe there isn't a lot left over for personal relationships - although I certainly have had them. It's not as if I cut myself off, but it makes them very difficult. This profession is very hard on relationships.
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An important question to ask is, 'Where and when did decoration and utility first meet?
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One of the very hallmarks of our nation is the ideal of E Pluribus Unum. It is a concept that richly flows from the highest ideals of our nation.
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I didn't see the time, largely because there wasn't one.
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I don't think you get to good writing unless you expose yourself and your feelings.
