A. Lee Martinez Quotes
Terrible errors are rarely made all at once. Usually they are performed one small misstep at a time.
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Pursuit and seduction are the essence of sexuality. It's part of the sizzle.
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I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying to any member of the public for any reason, the punishment shall be death by public hanging.
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Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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You can't get anywhere without the people who have come into your life.
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Not everyone can be successful selling fashion at $25,000 for a wedding outfit. Certain designers are able to do that. And there is only a certain amount of consumers who can do that. The real opportunity is in that $25 garment.
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I think whenever you see what may be the seeds of a third party, you need to be very skeptical because there's not a very good track record for third parties.
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Pray to God that your attachment to such transitory things as wealth, name, and creature comforts may become less and less every day.
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It has been very good here, but the World Cup game was different. It had a different significance to it.
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Where the stakes are the highest, in the war on terror, we cannot possibly succeed without extraordinary international cooperation. Effective international police actions require the highest degree of intelligence sharing, planning and collaborative enforcement.
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I am an arm hitter. When you snap the bat with your wrists just as you meet the ball, you give the bat tremendous speed for a few inches of its course. The speed with which the bat meets the ball is the thing that counts.
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Coming from a smaller place always made things feel more personal, which is really what it's all about.
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As a species, we can at times be dimwitted and cruel. But we're also capable of learning.
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I keep threatening to keep a formal journal, but whenever I start one it instantly becomes an exercise in self-consciousness. Instead of a journal I manage to have dozens of notebooks with bits and pieces of stories, poems, and notes. Almost every thing I do has its beginning in a notebook of some sort, usually written on a bus or train.
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I've always wanted to be an actress as well as a fashion designer.
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My dream role would be to act with Denzel again!
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What we call a democratic society might be defined for certain purposes as one in which the majority is always prepared to put down a revolutionary minority.
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But if I keep my core and back strong, the scoliosis doesn't really bother me.
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I think when I first straightened my hair, I was a teenager. I don't believe that I was consciously doing it to look white or to be on television. It never crossed my mind. All of the girls in my neighborhood got perms and their hair straightened. But I know that historically it was to assimilate and there are some people who do it for that reason.
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There's a good amount of research out there that shows generous parental leave policies have a significant positive impact on employee retention and morale.
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I gave up my base in popular culture when I left the Tonight Show.
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Today, I am a touring standup comic who cannot stand up. Within three minutes, I begin to wilt, lose my balance, and topple over. I can tap dance and run in heels, but I need to use a wheelchair to navigate airports.
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English writing tends to fall into two categories - the big, baggy epic novel or the fairly controlled, tidy novel. For a long time, I was a fan of the big, baggy novel, but there's definitely an advantage to having a little bit more control.
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Terrible errors are rarely made all at once. Usually they are performed one small misstep at a time.
