Eve Babitz Quotes
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Maybe I fear things going wrong so much that I pre-empt them by not getting excited about them when they appear to be. going well.
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They don't have a lot of appointment viewing. What television depends on, one thing 'Larry King Live' was - whether you liked it, didn't like it - it was appointment viewing.
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Nobody should be sent indefinitely into detention; everybody should have their day in court.
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I'm going to go to work out, and I'm going to enjoy it, and I'm going to eat really healthy. But I'm going to go to Vegas, and I'm going to stop at In-N-Out Burger, and then I'll be back on track.
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For many older Americans who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender, a lifetime of discrimination has undermined their right to a retirement with dignity.
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There's a lot of garbage, and then there are those ones that just stand out so incredibly. You fight for those roles; you do everything in your power to get it.
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With the Lincoln assassination, the South didn't feel it could mourn along with the North. But Garfield was beloved by all the American people. He was trusted and respected by North and South, by freed slaves and former slave owners. Also by pioneers, which his parents had been, and by immigrants.
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Spiritual formation is character formation. Everyone gets a spiritual formation. It's like education. Everyone gets an education; it's just a matter of which one you get.
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If I had different parents who were in it for the money, I might have a different perspective. But they really are artists; they intelligently approach each character and prepare in every sense of the word. I grew up in a world that had great discipline.
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Finally having the freedom to speak is a really liberating feeling.
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They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.
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You can't build an adaptable organization without adaptable people - and individuals change only when they have to, or when they want to.
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Of the two 'True Grits,' the John Wayne version one is better.
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I've always been fascinated by people, their psychology, what drives them and trying to understand them.
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The education of my brother and myself was of paramount importance to my parents, and in addition to their strong encouragement, they were prepared to make any sacrifice to further our intellectual development.
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Many roads lead to the path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
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I love documentaries. My problem is when the filmmaker becomes the star.
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The memories that I have are mostly at our old ranch, out in Agoura. We used to go out there every Saturday. I can smell the oak trees. I can see it so clearly.
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There are pastors who won't go to people's sick beds. How can people of God turn their back on the sick, poor and hungry?
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I think I've written 40 books, and none of them have been heavy on action. I'm an introspective person.
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We define journalism in America as the business and practice of presenting the news of the day in the interest of economic privilege.
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I think that in itself is kind of an amazing achievement to be able to say that your full-time career is in any creative arts, let alone a show that has kept people interested for coming on four seasons and hopefully more.
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The game embarrasses you until you feel inadequate.
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People with brains went to New York, and people with faces came West.
