William Blake Quotes
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I just can't get used to the idea of being somebody unreal in people's minds. I can't live my life like that. And it's just anathema to being a writer. It's not healthy.
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I think it's more and more important to spend time with your children, because it seems to be harder and harder for them to succeed as their parents have succeeded.
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Environmental groups are not completely against dams. We approve of appropriate development.
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Alienation as our present destiny is achieved only by outrageous violence perpetrated by human beings on human beings.
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It's a wonderful feeling being a bridge to the past and unite generations.
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I still have my school friends who are actually friends. It's nice that they don't think much about my singing career. They think it is cool, and they are happy for me, but they don't really bother me about it. To them, I'm still just the schoolgirl from next door.
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In 2009, I served as AARP's Ambassador of Caregiving. With a producer and cameraman, I traveled the country for months, interviewing hundreds of caregivers.
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I think the sidekick makes the number one look good.
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The revolution doesn't always look perfect.
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When I was very little my mother said I used to draw in the air with my fingers. I needed a pencil. Once I could hold one, I have drawn every day since.
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Space excites me. My dream is to go to space.
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I've always wanted to tackle the casual part of dressing. Knits to me are always just easy. I've fantasized about packing a suitcase of only knits: You just throw them in, roll them in a ball, pull them out and they still look fabulous.
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The Queen and Electric Light Orchestra harmonies are so distinct and fit in our songs so well sometimes, but we don't know how to do them properly.
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Religion has caused more misery to all of mankind in every stage of human history than any other single idea.
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When I heard Elvis and his 'Sun Sessions,' I went mad for it. I was about thirteen.
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In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.
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I like other people's kids and being able to give them back when I want to.
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People should recognize who you are and how you can act rather then how famous you are.
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To pull out of Gaza is not a policy, it is a step. Whether it is a step in the right direction toward a two-state solution or at least a step toward hope, we don't know.
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I grew up in a very devoutly Christian home.
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Singing was something I always did. I really don't remember a time when I wasn't singing, even as a little child.
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Those of us who know the transporting wonder of a reading life know that it little matters where we are when we talk about books or meet authors or bemoan the state of publishing because when we read, we are always inside, sheltered in that interior room, that clean, well-lighted, timeless place that is the written word.
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I'm very confident with myself and, like, yeah, everyone has little issues about themselves, but I don't, you know... I don't really worry about it.
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I am going to that country which I have all my life wished to see.
