Esther Renay Dean (Ester Dean) Quotes
I try to reach for the stars because if you say you want something small and it happens, you don't believe it. So I try to say something wild and crazy.
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With the Jews, the questions are always open; we're always questioning. I love that questioning tradition.
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I don't carry a wallet. I keep my cards in my pocket and cash in my boots.
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For me, seeing the target and not seeing the target doesn't make any difference.
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Better treatment and detection methods have also improved the survival rate for people with cancer, and for the first time in history, this year the absolute number of cancer deaths in the U.S. has decreased.
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Homosexuals are riding high in the media.
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A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.
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Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration.
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There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production.
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I'm a Sikh; it's part of my religious tradition to never cut my hair and keep it wrapped in a turban.
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In the past it seemed like I was making fun of rap a little bit. But it was more me making fun of myself, since I'm not technically a rapper, whatever that means.
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I think, no matter what, when you're writing songs, most people write about the extremes of their experiences.
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What's hardest for me to swallow is when there is a love story, say, with a really high-profile male star and there's no reason I can't play the part. They say, 'Oh, we love Halle, we just don't want to go black with this part.'
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I have been accused of things that I have never done. I have been called a perpetrator of incidents while I was actually a peacemaker. I really don't know why. Yuvraj Singh isn't a party animal; he is just singled out. I don't know why.
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When you write fiction, you can sort of invent more but also pack it with emotions that are very pertinent to you. Whereas with nonfiction, you have to be as factual as possible but also hopefully - also bring... emotional relevance to the piece.
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I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.
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If you are the master be sometimes blind, if you are the servant be sometimes deaf.
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In retrospect, we could see that the 1950s had been a reactionary period in America of Eisenhower blandness, of virulent anticommunism, of the 'Feminine Mystique.'
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Literature is always trying to show other parts of this immense universe in which we live. It's endless. I'm sure there will be other writers who will discover new worlds.
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To create a language all of a piece which would be a women's language, that I find quite insane. There does not exist a mathematics which is only a women's mathematics, or a feminine science.
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To be able to help a 13-year-old kid from the Bronx follow her dreams just by letting her know she's not forgotten in this crazy world - that's why I got involved with Frum Tha Ground Up.
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Hear this if you can: If you want to reach him You have to go beyond yourself And when you finally arrive at the land of absence Be silent Don’t say a thing Ecstasy, not words, is the language spoken there
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You hit those valleys sometimes and it's really frustrating. It's like getting stuck in traffic on the freeway. But there's not much you can do about it.
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People do things that turn out badly, often for the most benevolent of reasons.
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I try to reach for the stars because if you say you want something small and it happens, you don't believe it. So I try to say something wild and crazy.
