Hailey Abbott Quotes
“She thought about how this summer was small. On the ground, it felt huge, but really, it was just a moment in a series of moments.”
Quotes to Explore
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I am now writing a book called 'Far Enough,' very loosely based on my childhood. This is difficult because it forces me to remember people I loved who are gone.
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Professionally, I remember Cronkite as a kid growing up, and more so for me, the importance of Cronkite was not him sitting there at the anchor desk, but him out there doing things.
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I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.
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But I still think it's mind over matter in the sense that if you're strong, you can combat anything.
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For my parents' generation, the idea was not that marriage was about some kind of idealized, romantic love; it was a partnership. It's about creating family; it's about creating offspring. Indian culture is essentially much more of a 'we' culture. It's a communal culture where you do what's best for the community - you procreate.
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I thoroughly enjoy working with kids, whether it's The First Tee or the lesson tee with my grandkids.
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I give people what they want in the hope that they will begin to want what I want to give them!
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I grew up in Oregon, where as a teenager I worked with my grandfather Axel on his i shing boat at the mouth of the Columbia River.
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I work with directors who haven't had the experience of being on sets as much as I have. I feel like, in a way, if it's an independent movie, I can teach the crew to kind of relax, or create a vibe. It really is about a vibe.
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Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
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What ObamaCare did was take some of the things we did for the poor and expanded the government to basically the whole marketplace.
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I'm not interested in being Franchise Boy.
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Gender equality and women's empowerment have been a top priority for me from day one as Secretary-General. And I am committed to making sure that the U.N. leads by example.
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TV is obviously so different from film: because it's a never-ending process, it keeps going; you keep receiving new pages.
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Technology is one of the key drivers of female economic empowerment, but the fields that women choose to participate in are still decidedly gendered.
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Our true nationality is mankind.
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We are here today because of grass-roots conservatives all over the place. That's the way the democratic process is supposed to work. It's not supposed to be a bunch of guys in a smoky room in Austin picking the next Senator.
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My children are grown now, they are more independent.
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I would say the quote that enters my mind the most is “do it ___ you won’t”. It started off as a joke with friends but weirdly it motivates me, it’s kind of hard to explain. I don’t even know why.
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I live in the moment, and I reflect later.
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I think that when you use the word 'plus-size,' you're putting all these women in a category: 'You don't eat well.' 'You don't work out.' 'You could care less about your body.' 'You're insecure.' 'You have no confidence.'
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There is a kind of misconception that Asian-Americans are not as American as European-Americans.
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“She thought about how this summer was small. On the ground, it felt huge, but really, it was just a moment in a series of moments.”
