H. A. Rey Quotes
I know what I liked as a child, and I don’t do any book that I, as a child, wouldn’t have liked.
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Wearing nice lingerie makes me feel really glamorous. I love to splurge on that.
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You know, for one glorious half hour, I was the mother of the president-elect.
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The American people need to tell their member of Congress that we need a strong defense to protect us and to prevent wars. We can't get away with simply leading from behind and gutting our defenses.
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But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.
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Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films right now just shouldn't be allowed. There's no dignity anymore and I think that's very important.
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I would like to do a duet with Taylor Hanson, because I have loved Hanson since I was 8.
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When I got a million subscribers, it just sort of snowballed from there because a lot more people show interest. They're like, 'Who's this? They've got a million subscribers; maybe I'll like their channel.'
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From a very young age, I wanted to get up on stage whenever I went to the theatre - the actors just seemed to be having so much fun. One of my worries about theatre, in fact, is that the actors are quite often having more fun than the audience.
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Cycling is a sport of the open road and spectators are lining that road.
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Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow.
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I had a lot of alone time with no brothers or sisters running around, or anything. I would just sit and imagine things, all the time.
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I drink a gallon of water a day.
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When I was in the ring at the Olympics, it was my father's words that I was hearing, not the coaches'. 'I never listened to what the coaches said. I would call my father and he would give me advice from prison.
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You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years.
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My own philanthropic efforts have always included an educational element, whether it's expanding opportunities to educate a promising mind or extending the brain's ability to learn.
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Before you are interviewed for the job you want, try on the complete outfit you intend to wear.
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I like that Barack got that job.
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Bullies always have another target.
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Our family business was operating batting cages. The pitching machine spit out the balls at lightning speed. Don Drysdale, Sandy Koufax. Whitey Ford. 50 cents for 12 pitches. Of course, my mother ran the place, and I was her slave: selling candy, hosing down the street, and the most dreaded of all jobs, feeding the pitching machine with balls.
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You can win ten times, and then you are not able to win five times. I have to discover the reason why, and I am going to find that.
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I like playing with that space between laughter and discomfort where your discomfort can also make you laugh, and you're confused about the mixed feelings. That's challenging, and I think that's what makes for some of the best art.
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I know what I liked as a child, and I don’t do any book that I, as a child, wouldn’t have liked.
