Mae West Quotes
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I entered Harvard Medical School knowing nothing of research.
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Reading allows me to recharge my batteries.
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After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.
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I don't think I am evangelical in my work.
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Every time I put on high heels, I think: 'Well, I'll fall over today.' Almost always, I don't. Almost. But all high-heel-wearing women live in constant peril.
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I discovered what it meant to 'live for Christ,' and that it honestly was something I wanted to do. The facts were there, and I could sense the Holy Spirit at work.
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One of the things jazz has always excelled at is translating the reality of the times through its musical prism.
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Proposing inner-life solutions to our political and economic catastrophes is something done, say the critics, only by people who've spent more time in la-la land than in the 'real world.'
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Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes.
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Our fresh technical resources have furthered the disintegration of solid masses of masonry into slender piers, with consequent far-reaching economies in bulk, space, weight, and haulage.
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I love work where I can find out more about the world and its history.
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Of strong importance to me is the defense of minority rights, not just racial minorities, but ideological and religious minorities.
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On matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way.
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I kept on hearing the voice of God saying if you are going to be the minister that your mom mentioned... then you have to act. My pulpit is acting.
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I played Winnie Cooper on 'The Wonder Years' from ages 12-18, and did a few other movies during some of the summers.
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Even though my mother had told me growing up that, 'If you win, nobody cares what color you are,' that wasn't necessarily true in the N.F.L.
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I got my feet wet in a couple of shows. I did a cameo on my favorite show, 'The Vampire Diaries.' And I guest starred on a show called 'Kickin' It' on Disney.
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So go ahead. Fall down. The world looks different from the ground.
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Don't tell girls they can be anything they want when they grow up. Because it would have never occurred to them that they couldn't. It's like saying, 'Hey, when you get in the shower, I'm not gonna read your diary.' 'Wait--are you gonna read my diary?' 'No! I said I'm not gonna read your diary. Go take a shower!'
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I'm really interested in the difference between selfishness and generosity. It confuses me to no end because sometimes it all just feels like pure indulgence on my part.
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I just think that everything is symbolic, and who you are determines everything that you do, small moves and big moves.
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I think, specifically with the horror genre, you have to make it very believable because it can come across ridiculous.
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It's hard to be funny when you have to be clean.
