Allison DuBois Quotes
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No writer need feel sorry for himself if he writes and enjoys it, even if he doesn't get paid.
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I don't really think about what's 'age appropriate' for my audience because I think they can handle quite a bit, but I do try to think about what's honest and true to my characters who have grown up in situations where they've been taught to handle these things very carefully and that they're very powerful.
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I don't know what the instinct is, to save every report card, every half-sentence scribbled note, but my mother did it pretty effectively, and I've done it to a fare-thee-well.
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I know a lot of people struggle with the idea of Jesus and their idea of God. I think, if you don't even know what you're praying to or who you're praying to, based on what I know to be true, regardless, God's always listening.
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The heavier crop is ever in others' fields.
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Jung viewed Freud as a mentor, but he never wanted to be anybody's disciple.
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But I don't like to, tell people how old I am. I like that to be a mystery.
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The one indisputable reality of dictatorship is that dissent, insult, and malevolent language do not go unpunished if it is allowed at all.
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Europe and Africa share proximity and history, ideas and ideals, trade and technology. You are tied together by the ebb and flow of people. Migration presents policy challenges - but also represents an opportunity to enhance human development, promote decent work, and strengthen collaboration.
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Everything in Russia is made of cement - phone booths, fence posts and light bulbs.
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I'm a lot girlier than the roles that I play. I joke with Tricia Helfer all the time that she's my muscle.
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When you are rich, people try to take advantage of you.
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But I won't work with the exact same crew film after film because I feel the work would get a little complacent.
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To fight against the infidels is Jihad; but to fight against your evil self is greater Jihad.
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I enjoy having some boundaries to work within. That's why I generally don't like alternate tunings and stuff like that. I like the boundaries of regular tunings.
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Strew gladness on the paths of men-You will not pass this way again.
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A strategic use of black culture could help generate a more efficient use of American democracy,and democracy more effectively practiced could then produce a genuinely spiritual nation of people.
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Actually, I was gazing in my usual state of being half absent in my own world and half in the present. I have usually been able to 'retire' in this way. I was also thinking that my life was tied up with the instrument and would I do it justice?
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I have fun being sexy and tough at the same time.
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Just get a bag and drop a dream in it, and you'll be surprised what happens.
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Teach for America has helped us understand what works and what doesn't.
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Every little pocket of Los Angeles County is almost like its own state. It has its own way of being and own way of feeling, and parts of it feel like the Midwest, and parts of it feel like the East Coast. It's a rich tapestry.
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He who rejoices even at the stake triumphs not over pain but over the absence of pain where he had anticipated feeling it. A parable.
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Don't ever second-guess a strong feeling that you have. Trust your gut.
