Mika Brzezinski (Mika Emilie Leonia Brzezinski Scarborough) Quotes
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I couldn't love a woman who inspired me to be totally disinterested. If I fell in love with a woman for an artistic reason, or from the point of view of my work, I think it would rob her of something.
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Everybody has to know for themselves what they're capable of.
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I resent ever being stereotyped.
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It was lucky for me. It wasn't lucky for the nine people that got killed and the 20 that were injured.
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Many are called but few get up.
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Jacqueline Rose was so wonderful in so many ways, and I was really blessed to be her daughter. Of all the things I am because of her - there's no question: I am a writer because of her love of books.
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It's always nice when people say nice things or are complimentary.
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If a big person invests time in reading, kids learn reading is important, the child is important, words are important, stories are important.
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Moderates want their faith respected. They don't want faith itself criticized, and yet faith itself is what is bringing us all this - this lunacy.
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I'm a bed monster.
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I'm by nature someone that quite likes to understand how things are working, likes some sense of structure, and I've fallen into the worst possible trade for that.
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Russia has always had a global history. Global history is a bummer. You suffer invasions of all different kinds. And Russia was not defended against them.
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I don't really have a career plan. There's no joy for me to just be a personality in my work, and I feel that that's so much of what's out there.
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Form is, in a way, death. A novelist's obligation is to break free from the form, even though he knows that this will also be seen as artificial and distanced from life.
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Many casting directors won't hire aspiring actors because you might be burning some chick's headshot under the table so she doesn't get the part.
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I think all players reach a point in their career where it's natural to lose some of that hunger, that desire, to sort of break out or be a star.
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I'm not in favour of dividing Hindus and Sikhs. I'm not in favour of dividing Hindus and Christians. All the citizens, all the voters, are my countrymen.
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There will be no new music until it's good enough and until I'm ready.
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We were all involved in the death of John Kennedy. We tolerated hate; we tolerated the sick stimulation of violence in all walks of life; and we tolerated the differential application of law, which said that a man's life was sacred only if we agreed with his views.
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Its a very wonderful yet difficult thing to be given a lot of really good opportunities and the world is at your fingertips.
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No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.
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I do love my wine. I'd opt to drink my calories rather than eat them every time, so I cut out the breads, potatoes, pastas, cheeses and desserts in an effort to get my healthy angel and unhealthy demon to compromise.
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Let’s teach our children from a very young age about the story of the universe and its incredible richness and beauty. It is already so much more glorious and awesome - and even comforting - than anything offered by any scripture or God concept I know.
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My parents found me very difficult to educate.
