William P. Leahy Quotes
One of the biggest issues that we face is that we have people who have their own particular concerns, whether it's on abortion, birth control, divorce and remarriage, civil rights or social justice.
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A teacher should have a creative mind.
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Control what you can control. Don't lose sleep worrying about things that you don't have control over because, at the end of the day, you still won't have any control over them.
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I have discovered in life that there are ways of getting almost anywhere you want to go, if you really want to go.
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Often, little situations trigger enormous reactions. Be there, present for it. Your partner will find it easier to see it in you, and you will find it easier to see it in them.
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You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.
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The older I get, the more I understand that the only way to say valuable things is to lose your fear of being correct.
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I can stay up watching TV so late.
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I was a dancer when I got discovered, and I started working immediately. I started being in commercials and doing guest star roles. My first big thing, which happened maybe six months after being discovered, was 'Bring It On: All or Nothing.'
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Playing Juliet in 'Heavenly Creatures' changed my life, and the role of Clementine in' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' opened many new doors creatively.
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The presence of passion within you is the greatest gift you can receive. Treat it as a miracle.
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I didn't and don't go to Internet for any business purposes. The book sales for me by this point are way beyond any influence I might have, positively, or others might have, negatively.
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Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
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I'm more comfortable writing traditional protagonists. But 'Steve Jobs' and 'The Social Network' have antiheroes. I like to write antiheroes as if they're making their case to God about why they should be allowed into heaven. I have to find something in that character that is like me and write to that.
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I need to have something else going on. I'm able to write a lot if I have an episode of 'Friday Night Lights' going on my computer.
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I think that art is still a site for resistance and for the telling of various stories, for validating certain subjectivities we normally overlook. I'm trying to be affective, to suggest changes, and to resist what I feel are the tyrannies of social life on a certain level.
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Some of the craziest people I've met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people I've met.
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Back when I was growing up, it was like, 'You're too young to know what you want. We're telling you what you want. It doesn't matter if you like it. And you are stupid. Just so you know.'
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There's something really fun about being scared, and I guess that was at least part of why I wanted to film certain scenes from my new book, 'Skeleton Creek.'
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What we want is to establish the rules of a market economy - not to plan its outcome.
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When I tweet, I'm mostly preaching to the choir.
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Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch.
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The civil rights movement would experience many important victories, but Rosa Parks will always be remembered as its catalyst.
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Plan backwards as well as forward. Set objectives and trace back to see how to achieve them. You may find that no path can get you there. Plan forward to see where your steps will take you, which may not be clear or intuitive.
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One of the biggest issues that we face is that we have people who have their own particular concerns, whether it's on abortion, birth control, divorce and remarriage, civil rights or social justice.
