Susan Downey Quotes
I have no idea why, and this is others' observations of me - I tend to be in the realm of these very complicated personalities. I guess I enjoy corralling that.
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I never want to hold myself up as the poster child of the successful mother-businesswoman. It's a total 'Gong Show.' I won't pretend. When you do so many things, something always suffers. You just can't be great at everything.
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Quitting law school was the most difficult decision of my life. But I felt this great relief that this is my life and I can do what I want with it.
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A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.
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God gave me a very good hand to play over my 88 years. I have no regrets.
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I like to give pennies to children, but unfortunately, a man cannot do these things if he lives in a small village or town where his face is known and seen every day. For children take advantage, as I know to my cost, and would gather round him like hens around a farmer when he scatters grain.
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We all experience power struggles in our lives - at the workplace, with our friends, in our love lives. In a way, we're all politicians.
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I think people like it when you have a bit of personality.
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We all know Illinois has big challenges. And under Gov. Rauner, things have only gotten worse.
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I am not antigovernment. I would not run a campaign against government.
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I don't want to sound obnoxious, but I like to think I brought it another step. I was able to bring people who were casually interested in boxing together.
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Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.
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I would never try to invalidate someone's opinion of something or the feelings something makes them feel.
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Man, it seems to me, is not in history: he is history.
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I have consistently supported laws ensuring women are able to make their own health care decisions, and I will continue to protect women's access to contraceptives and reproductive health care.
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I got my first Charvet knit tie when I was 15. I actually stole it from my father. I love them because you can wear them day to night. They're French and preppy and have been around since the 1800s.
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I know this will blow your mind, but most people would probably never ever get it, but I listen to classical music when nobody else is around. It calms me down and I can get into this, like, deep thinking mode, you know, because there's really no lyrics to it, so you're not following something that - that you're listening to a story.
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Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have often perceived Islam as a violent and intolerant faith - even though when this prejudice took root Islam had a better record of tolerance than Christianity.
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By definition a sequel can't be original. So you've got to figure out what worked the first time around.
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You get to the point where you can feel a certain sensation of light.
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On Belle de Jour, the producer was very protective. It was very hard for me.
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I worry that's what people are going to think about me if they kind of go backwards. But if that didn't happen to you, I'll feel better.
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Opportunity does not knock. You have to find it.
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I have no idea why, and this is others' observations of me - I tend to be in the realm of these very complicated personalities. I guess I enjoy corralling that.
