Vicki Lawrence Quotes
There's nobody telling Oprah what to do. There's no one telling David Letterman what he can and can't do. You've got to have 100 percent support from everybody who's behind the show, across the board.
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My inspiration for writing is all the wonderful books that I read as a child and that I still read. I think that for those of us who write, when we find a wonderful book written by someone else, we don't really get jealous, we get inspired, and that's kind of the mark of what a good writer is.
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It's impossible for China to keep 10 to 15% growth annually. The economy needed to slow down, and we have to learn to slow down.
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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Accordingly, globalization is not only something that will concern and threaten us in the future, but something that is taking place in the present and to which we must first open our eyes.
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I've known I wanted to do this ever since I was a little kid and I used to get in trouble at church for goofing off all the time: mocking the preacher, imitating people and the things they did. I later learned my mother used to be just as goofy as I was when she was younger. I mean, Eddie Murphy in 'Coming to America?' My hero.
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I am supposed to set an example to young players.
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I didn't follow big box office ideas. That eventually led me to witches. It's led me to find interesting roles.
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I have said many times that most people work all their life to retire to play golf, while I played golf all my life to retire to work. I enjoy working. It has kept me young and on the move, and I have had a good time with it.
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As a child, I always liked dressing up and getting into character, and actors are lucky in being able to retain that playfulness, though we do seem to find it hard to grow up.
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Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for.
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While it is clear that we need to make some adjustments to protect Social Security for the long term, it is disingenuous to say that the trust fund is facing a crisis.
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We must continue research into new forms of energy and into more efficient use of existing energy sources.
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I've always liked to dress up; I've always liked to look good. You look good, you feel good, you play good.
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Then, when I got in the military, I used to host - even in high school - I hosted the talent shows, and when I was in the military I would host all of our base Christmas parties and stuff.
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The fact is that all of us have only one personality, and we wring it out like a dishtowel. You are what you are.
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India happens to be a rich country inhabited by very poor people.
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As Governor, I will demand that Colorado's government serves the taxpayers of Colorado, not special interest groups and government bureaucrats.
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Beauty is not just physical.
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I got to the point where I'd featured on songs; I'd done backing singing for major artists. I'd done all these shows, but it was always for other people.
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You do a job; your show gets canceled. You get used to it.
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Sometimes I feel like I have a dozen different people inside of me. I've always been that way, and I've always written stuff down.
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Early college high schools in North Carolina and across the country show us that challenge - not remediation - is an approach to education that works.
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There's nobody telling Oprah what to do. There's no one telling David Letterman what he can and can't do. You've got to have 100 percent support from everybody who's behind the show, across the board.
