Nancy Knowlton Quotes
The ocean, at least beyond the surf zone, is out of sight and out of mind for most people.
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Sometimes 'Rookie' is written about like, 'Finally! Something for alternative girls!' and I'm like, 'No!' Obviously it's not for everyone, but I used to think that there are cheerleaders, and there are art kids.
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Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.
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I wish I had come along when the studios were making those big musical pictures. It would be great to do re-makes of some of the old ones like 'Porgy and Bess' or 'Showboat.' I'd love to do 'em.
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I think, in Spain, they are too used to reaching the limits of democracy and then stepping over them.
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I was always able to get money, but now it's a little bit more money, and I manage the same way. I just want to see my family do better.
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The psychological trauma of losing a job can be as great as the trauma of a divorce.
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One false word, one extra word, and somebody's thinking about how they have to buy paper towels at the store. Brevity is very important. If you're going to be longwinded, it should be for a purpose. Not just because you like your words.
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But the exposure we got by doing the stint with Nine Inch Nails brought us a lot of attention.
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I've always been acutely aware of differences and the way you are supposed to act if you want to be popular.
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I love to interview outrageous people who speak their minds; also, people who have some kind of mystery attached to them.
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In manufacturing, we try to stamp out variance. With people, variance is everything.
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The story wrote quickly. I called it 'Where You're From,' and I sent it out, as I had numerous other stories over the years. Except this time I got a letter back saying that it would be published. Someone out there had liked the story. I was thirty-one years old.
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If you put the collections together, whether it's Rick Owens, Alexander Wang, or whomever, sometimes they do streetwear, but they're never called that. They're always called 'sportswear' or 'high-end' or 'luxury.' I feel like I'm tossed into that streetwear category so that I don't exist in this space.
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I wanted to have a creative director crazy enough to say, 'Sure, I'll do a collection in five days.'
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For a decade, I was a stay-at-home mom. I sent my husband to his law office, sat on PTA boards and baked cookies - great cookies. All of a sudden, I had no husband, no job, few prospects, and two small children who had grown accustomed to eating.
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I'm interested in just about anything that's right for my voice, and that's a good fit for my personality in the part as well. 'Evita' has always been a dream part for me, but it's really, really high to sing. I'd love to do Elphaba - heck, I'd even do Glinda. For me, I'd do anything to get into 'Wicked!'
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Medicare's top officials said in 2006 that they had reduced the number of fraudulent and improper claims paid by the agency, keeping billions of dollars out of the hands of people trying to game the system.
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Just because you want to be glamorous, don't be a sheep about your eye makeup.
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We shouldn't accept things just because somebody says so.
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Are your eyelashes like your hair?” “Yes. They’re very beautiful—want to see?” Her lips twitched. “Vanity is a sin,Bluebell.” “When you have it, flaunt it, I say.” -Elena and Illium
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One of the basic points is kindness. With kindness, with love and compassion, with his feeling that is the essence of brotherhood, sisterhood, one will have inner peace. This compassionate feeling is the basis of inner peace.
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Life starts at conception and must be protected from the first moment.
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Jesus died for somebody's sins but not mine.
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The ocean, at least beyond the surf zone, is out of sight and out of mind for most people.
