Gail Collins Quotes
What naturally you want to do if you were a prominent person in the public light and you are disgraced, you want to make a comeback, and normally that begins with somebody saying, 'I want to do something to help people. I want to do something to help the lepers in the Third World. I want to do something to help abandoned wives in India.'
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I want people to get over the stigma about hemp. These seeds can't make you high, but they will make you feel good.
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I was able to really see that connection as a football player where success requires a lot of hard work and effort, physically and mentally.
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I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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We're proud to be lifetime musicians and a band that lives like a band and loves the music and gives our lives to it.
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I really like having a life outside work. I sometimes wish I did more career stuff and was in that Hollywood scene a bit more. But Toronto's my home.
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We hope the stories of the 14 kids in 'American High' provide something for many people to relate to.
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I've been called Mr. Patient Money because I have the patience to work through challenging circumstances.
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You have to find something there that relates to the characters and reality on some level.
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I made myself famous by writing 'songs' and lyrics about the beauty of the things I did and ugliness, too.
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We ignore slow environmental changes unless they are crisis-driven, such as hurricanes in Florida.
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It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
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I happen to be the kind of reader who, if I like something, I don't want it to end.
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You're always going to have people that are naysayers, that don't believe in your talent, that don't believe that you have any kind of longevity.
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Played tennis for years. But you can't improve at tennis after you're 50. You get to be in your 40s, and suddenly you're a doubles player.
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I find that the time that goes by is actually your best friend when you are making a record. The passing of time gives you perspective on what you recorded and what you wrote. If something sounds good to you 12 months after you recorded it then chances are pretty good that there's something valuable about the part or the song.
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The ability for consumers to receive broadcast over the air signal is their right.
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For me, a child means an old-age insurance policy. I have a nurturing quality in me.
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It's easy not to bribe. But it's not so easy to keep a business running at the same time.
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The uncontrolled increase of the euro rate vis-a-vis the dollar threatens employment growth in the euro area.
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I believe the President was enormously effective in small groups, small groups being anything under a hundred, where you could really communicate.
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I was a fan of 'Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2,' and I got into 'Call Of Duty: Black Ops,' which was my favorite 'Call Of Duty' game of all time.
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I support basic research, which can lead to discoveries that change our world, expand our horizons and save lives.
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What naturally you want to do if you were a prominent person in the public light and you are disgraced, you want to make a comeback, and normally that begins with somebody saying, 'I want to do something to help people. I want to do something to help the lepers in the Third World. I want to do something to help abandoned wives in India.'
