Essie Davis Quotes
It's hard, but what's the point of having children unless you're there to raise them, I reckon.
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Painting bodies with the patterns of Kusama's hallucinations obliterated their individual selves and returned them to the infinite universe.
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When I graduated from university I tried to buy a beeper, and it cost me $250. My pay at the time was $10 a month.
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I was myself brought up with my brother, whose name was Matthias, for he was my own brother, by both father and mother; and I made mighty proficiency in the improvements of my learning, and appeared to have both a great memory and understanding.
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Between Prince and my dad's fusion-jazz records, I didn't have a choice in being funky.
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Any director, if you really ask them, will tell you that the toughest thing to do is like a dinner table or a dialogue scene, because you need to keep that electricity maintained throughout the course of the film.
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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The millennials were raised in a cocoon, their anxious parents afraid to let them go out in the park to play. So should we be surprised that they learned to leverage technology to build community, tweeting and texting and friending while their elders were still dialing long-distance?
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To bring a child into the world that you cannot feed, clothe, house, and educate is the moral equivalent, in my opinion, of a drive-by shooting.
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Crime and bad lives are the measure of a State's failure, all crime in the end is the crime of the community.
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I am the sort of athlete who participates in a lot of winter sports - basketball, for example, is an activity that I'll spend many hours a week watching.
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Washington has incentivized the militarization of local police precincts by using federal dollars to help municipal governments build what are essentially small armies - where police departments compete to acquire military gear that goes far beyond what most of Americans think of as law enforcement.
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My denial and irresponsible attitude about asthma put me at great risk and caused me so much needless suffering. My hope is that the kids I talk to learn to open up about their asthma, become educated about their condition, and seek help.
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No two notes are ever the same volume. With the guitar, you really have to model in your mind this wider thing; you're trying to create the illusion of a bigger dynamic range.
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But no nation can base its survival and development on luck and prayers alone while its leadership fritters away every available opportunity for success and concrete achievement.
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I spent 19 years as a Washington reporter covering a variety of beats.
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I fell in love with 'Star Trek' after J. J. Abrams's movie. I'm so into that.
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I have a theory that if you've got the kind of parents who want to send you to boarding school, you're probably better off at boarding school.
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I never drink water. I'm afraid it will become habit-forming.
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I know I'll be under a spotlight, I know I'll be under the microscope.
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I think of a writer as a river: you reflect what passes before you.
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Worry is a funky luxury when a lot has to be done.
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The President's proposed privatization plan would jeopardize that security by cutting guaranteed benefits for future retirees and endangering the benefits of current retirees, people with disabilities, and children who have lost a parent.
Chaka Fattah -
It's a wonderful thing to write for children.
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It's hard, but what's the point of having children unless you're there to raise them, I reckon.
