Minnie Pearl Quotes
So often when you start talking about kindness to animals someone comments that starving and mistreated children should come first. The issue can't be divided like that. It isn't a choice between children and animals. It's our duty to care for both. Kindness is the important thing. Kids and animals are our responsibility.
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Then, when I got in the military, I used to host - even in high school - I hosted the talent shows, and when I was in the military I would host all of our base Christmas parties and stuff.
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Fear is the major cargo that American writers must stow away when the writing life calls them into carefully chosen ranks.
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The moment in which you make somebody laugh, you're only doing it to make them laugh and be happy. Then afterward you can be like, 'Oh, I just want the attention. I feel so good that everybody's listening to me and I got the approval that I need.'
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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We have to tell people who need help that it's OK to ask for it.
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You have to know you can first. How comes later.
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Ultimately, the reason we have a Constitution, the reason we have separation of powers, the reason we have the Fourteenth Amendment is to provide the courts with the opportunity to override the will of the people when the will of the people discriminates against a segment of our society.
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People read more mysteries than they do political pamphlets.
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What I wanted to do was use literature and different kinds of stories and poems as a springboard, tapping into the creativity of our teens - I wanted teenagers to come up with their own creative responses to literature - using books themselves as a starting point.
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Sometimes I feel that the people I'm writing are more real to me than the people around me. When you take that imaginative leap, you're living so much in that world.
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I've come up in the scripted world, and I have wished there were more time slots for us to tell compelling scripted stories and not fill the airwaves with a lot of fluff and tabloid entertainment.
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I don't necessarily like wearing lipstick; I just think it's funny to do. I think the darker the better, but it's whatever my girlfriend Kiera has in her purse.
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God gave the sea the danger and the abyss, but it was in it that He mirrored the sky.
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There is wishful thinking in Hell as well as on Earth.
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If you love a man, immediately you will reduce your intake of food - it's automatic.
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Self-esteem is the greatest sickness known to man or woman because it's conditional.
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Everything serious in the world is well approached by humour. It's a powerful and often quite subversive tool. I suppose there is an argument that could be made against me for being frivolous, but I do think a laugh is a very generous thing to give.
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I think that if you make a strong statement of principle, even if the folks disagree with you, people will respect you for it.
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Like art and politics, gangsterism is a very important avenue of assimilation into society.
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True love exists in business. It's when Employee and Employer are amazingly grateful to have each other. We should all have true love at work.
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I try to get seven hours of sleep every night; I always walk or bike to work; I make a point to eat well and take my vitamins; I drink tons of water; and I always spend a portion of my day at a standing desk.
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Thank you to the children whose innocent words encouraged me.
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So often when you start talking about kindness to animals someone comments that starving and mistreated children should come first. The issue can't be divided like that. It isn't a choice between children and animals. It's our duty to care for both. Kindness is the important thing. Kids and animals are our responsibility.
