Stephanie Coontz Quotes
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In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.
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People love a good story, even if it's a story that has very little truth to it.
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Only a mediocre person is always at his best.
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I get a lot of disbelief that my accent could actually be real, which seems strange.
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Myself, I really like the iPad mounted as a frame, with a happy slideshow cycling through.
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Everything I have in this world, I owe to the sport of boxing, and I won't ever forget that.
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I have never seen a bad television program, because I refuse to. God gave me a mind, and a wrist that turns things off.
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There are lots of things I am not good at. I'm not that good a singer. And I'm a good dad but a lousy husband because I work far too much and am not at home as much as I would like.
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The truth is I love musical theater and always have.
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Apparently, I get facials and manicures all the time. I read this and think, 'Oh, I wish I did that!' I don't think I've had a facial since I was 19.
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Radio news is bearable. This is due to the fact that while the news is being broadcast, the disk jockey is not allowed to talk.
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Stuart Murdoch is a really special human being - really creative, but also really kind and gentle.
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I'm an idiot.
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Thank God, I have sort of a pan-European accent rather than Russian, which doesn't sound very pleasantly to Americans. For them, we speak with a rather rude pitch, and that might be our actors' problem there. Now I've begun working with language coaches in Los Angeles to get rid of the accent completely.
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I'm not a Republican, but I was one once - when I was 7 years old. Not my fault. The symbol of the Republican Party is an elephant, I'm a Hindu - I was confused.
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You don't want R&B singers to get into beef. Leave that to the rappers, let them do that - R&B, be classy.
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The Chinese are good at repression and can be pretty ruthless about it.
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Every fight brings out something different in me, and it will be no different in this one. I have learned and gained from all of those experiences. And as I've often said, the public hasn't seen the best of me yet. I need someone like Mayweather to bring that out of me.
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We would accomplish many more things if we did not think of them as impossible.
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Research is not an obstacle, something to be frightened of. It can be one of the real joys of writing.
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I was saving the name of 'Geisel' for the Great American Novel.
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Americans have been hurting, but when we demanded solutions, too often Washington responded with the same stale mindset that led to failed policies like Obamacare. It's a mindset that gave us political talking points, not serious solutions.
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It is going to be a challenge for them, there is no doubt in my mind. But if they run the operation professionally and with Iowans in mind, I think they have a shot.
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Contrary to popular opinion, 'Leave it to Beaver' was not a documentary.
