Anne Spencer Quotes
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For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.
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I could never see a book written in a foreign language without the most ardent desire to read it.
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When you're a war correspondent, the reader is for you because the reader is saying, 'Gee, I wouldn't want to be doing that.' They're on your side.
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Producing all my own songs and refusing to go to the hot producer. That's the biggest risk I've taken so far.
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Children don't really understand the concept of health. You can't give them an apple and say 'if you eat this you will be healthy when you're older' because they don't understand. You have to find a different way to motivate them.
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With brain and body, it's great if you have a connection between the two, but when separated, that leads to a lot of conflict.
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To all my people back in Nashville who have been there from the start, you put your faith in me. You were there for the long haul.
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Just to confirm to all my followers I have had a hair transplant. I was going bald at 25 why not.
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'I used to think the secret to a happy ending was to bring down the curtain at the exact right time. A moment after happiness, then everything's all wrong again.' p76
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I don't see the world completely in black and white. Sometimes I do.
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I want to make sure that teenage girls know that if you decide to keep your child, you have to get an education. You have to have a plan A, B, and C. Make sure you have a good support system. If all those things are not in place, it's going to be very, very hard - very, very lonely.
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Venture capital is always wanting to go up market.
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I really want women to appreciate their power. It was obvious to me that lots of people are comfortable with power, and they see what it can do, but women's expression of it was never as comprehensive as it could be. It seemed like an amazing gift that Oxygen could give.
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I love 'Sex and the City,' but it's also wonderful that there's something else other than 'Sex and the City.'
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I knew from the age of seven that I was meant to be a writer.
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I've realized through the years that I just find happiness in other things, whether it's my dogs or my friends or, like, looking at the sunset. So if I were to wish for something else, it would just to be happy all the time, to have a superpower of not letting things affect me, and to be true to who I am, always.
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I think there's a number of pillars to success. One is you've got to have a great idea. The other is you've got to have a constituency, you've got to have finance, and you've got to be able to raise awareness.
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We want to keep creating the biggest impact we can in the cancer space by focuses on prevention, early detection, and psychosocial support.
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I went through about seven years of trying. And through artificial insemination. And through medication. And all of which was unsuccessful.
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When you're an actress - or just a woman - a lot of the exercise classes that are offered are so sort of male gaze-skewed. It's all working out for the beach and not for function at all.
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That's what interests me about film: directing.
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Love is the last relay and ultimate outposts of eternity.
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One cannot collect all the beautiful shells on the beach.
