Maggie Carey Quotes
Call waiting was, for me, that was like the best invention ever, because there was four kids in my family, and to get on the phone was impossible.
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I am of the opinion that the appreciation and the desire for what is good takes more study and insight than does the understanding and test for the best music and art.
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The world is always in movement.
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I live in a 'sky island,' a unique mountain valley environment where half the animal species of North America can be found.
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I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
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People have these incredible expectations. So instead of being inspired by, say, Joni Mitchell's music, I look at it and say to myself, 'I'm going to quit - why would I think of writing or performing after listening to that?'
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In this business, it's easy for either your heart or your head to be swayed, and I try to always stay true to who I am.
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If you solve both the consumer problems and the corporate problems, you can win at this game. If you reinvent what a corporation is currently selling, it can often make the leap.
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Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake.
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Mr. Trump, you were elected mainly because you found a way to connect with the average blue-collar worker who's sick of the games politicians have been playing for years. Those same blue-collar folks, who go to church, want to feed their families, have to pay their taxes.
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Why would Senator Allen want to oppose saving money for the state? It's simply another example of Republicans fighting the governor tooth and nail against any measure where she might be able to turn the state's budget around.
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Being enlightened is just being aware. It's just being aware of something that you weren't aware before.
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Community colleges are one of America's great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education, and for mid-career students looking to get ahead in the workplace.
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Hits and flops are overrated.
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There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.
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The English had hit upon a splendid joke. They intended to catch me or to bring me down.
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I can't even read notes. But I can teach someone how to make a guitar smoke.
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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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I'm not a writer. I'm not smart. I couldn't possibly even write my own story.
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I said I would do all the films about the commercials, and the films about ball-bearings and Ford tractors and so on, if once a year they gave me money for a free film.
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I prefer the countryside to cities. This is also true of my films: I have made more films in rural societies, and villages, than in towns.
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'Society's Child' was a real hard record to start with. That's all you want is for you to put your first record out and have people screaming at you in the streets. But it taught me right away that what I was doing was valuable and important.
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British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone spent his declining years trying to guess the answer to the Irish Question; unfortunately, whenever he was getting warm, the Irish secretly changed the Question.
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The best advice that was given to me was that I had to be 10 times smarter, braver and more polite to be equal. So I did.
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Call waiting was, for me, that was like the best invention ever, because there was four kids in my family, and to get on the phone was impossible.
