Judy Collins Quotes
Most of what we take as being important is not material, whether it's music or feelings or love. They're things we can't really see or touch. They're not material, but they're vitally important to us.
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I never hand in a book until it's completed. Richard Jackson then reads it and asks me to clarify murky points. We work very well together. He knows how hard to push, and I know how hard to push back. He's the only person who can criticize my work without me throwing a hissy fit.
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Be happy that you're growing older, that you're maturing, that you're smarter, that you're wiser.
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We always trend set.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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The ability for consumers to receive broadcast over the air signal is their right.
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Do not be afraid to make decisions, do not be afraid to make mistakes.
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I've read that the ancient Chinese art of feng shui can bring a sense of peace, well-being, and positive energy to a home - same as beer.
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I didn't come from the elites. I didn't come from the Northeast or from San Francisco. I came from a southern Ohio steel town, and it's a town that's really struggling in a lot of ways, ways that are indicative of the broader struggles of America's working class.
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In the original script, my character was a basketball player rather than a boxer. I didn't think I could pull that off. I'm a little short to be a basketball player!
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If your mind is still, you're the happiest.
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'Lord of the Rings' was a childhood favorite, though the adult Rae wishes the women in those books had more significance and agency.
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I did grow up in a very small town, and I only had a couple of people in my year at school. There were a lot of kids to play with - maybe not the same age, but there was always someone around.
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I always look forward, not back.
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I love the 2000s because everyone started to love haute couture.
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I had breast cancer. Yeah, I know it's scary.
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I read an article that said one in five Americans thinks Elvis is alive. I want to find those morons and get them registered to vote for me.
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I feel that the Jews have always had a special connection to this part of the world, which in geographical terms was called Palestine for so many centuries.
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I've been a free man.
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I'm pretty mutable as a human being, period - if you put me on Pluto, I can figure it out.
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I once had an editor advise me, as I was revising one of my early novels, to add more characters. I played around with the idea. As soon as I'd decided a few fresh faces and give them something to do, I realized that what my editor had really asked for was more plot. Ding. More characters equals more action.
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If you can do something great in 60 seconds, you can do anything, really.
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If you love something, set it free. If it was meant to be, it will come back to you. But this, of course, was bullshit. If you loved something and let it go...it would find something else to love.
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Exhilaration is that feeling you get just after a great idea hits you, and just before you realize what's wrong with it.
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Most of what we take as being important is not material, whether it's music or feelings or love. They're things we can't really see or touch. They're not material, but they're vitally important to us.
