Monica Crowley Quotes
Working for President Nixon was the most extraordinary professional experience of my life. He was endlessly fascinating: brilliant, visionary, kind, generous, warm, funny - and yes, a good man.
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I consider myself as a free spokesman for the people.
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I ain't just collab-ing with anybody. Because I don't care about making friends. I got enough friends.
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I began to study martial arts because it was a great form of exercise, and I knew it would help my acting career. Martial arts reminded me of dancing. It has helped me learn fight sequences quicker.
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Seriously, who doesn't want to slap a 27-year-old movie star?
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Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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I like second chances. I've given people second chances. You have fall-outs with friends, and forgiveness is a great thing to have. It's not easy to forgive. I definitely don't forget, but I do forgive.
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The importance of the arts to the societies in which they thrive is well documented.
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Christine Bass was my high school music teacher. She took a program on its last legs and within a few years turned into one of the best programs in the country. Our high school dominated national choir competitions all through her 20-plus year tenure.
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I like writing people from a slightly sharp angle and then throwing more light on them. I think in life we see somebody and make judgments very quickly about who they are and what they are. Or we think people are boring because they appear ordinary.
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I don't like the bullying, do-one-over style of comedy. It's so cheap.
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I buy books, I have shelves of books. I love to read.
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I'd hate to have to leave music, but if I got stuck some place, I would.
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An unlocked door means that, occasionally, you might get a devil come in, but a locked door means you have thousands of angels just walk by.
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I was never really good at anything except for the ability to learn.
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I've been left at the altar now a couple of times.
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I'm carded for R-rated movies. And I get talked down to a lot. When I try to go rent a car or buy an airplane ticket or other stuff adults do, I get 'Okaaaaaay, honey.' I remember when I was 18, getting crayons in a restaurant.
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Belonging has always been a fundamental driver of humankind.
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Dutch prisons are probably the most civilized you're going to find anywhere in the world.
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My father suffered much and toiled painfully all his life, for he had no resources other than the proceeds of his trade from which to support himself and his wife and family.
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I went from 118 pounds to 135 pounds in a few months. But, I still didn't know anything about food.
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Every generation proclaims that each must lead his own life, but seldom grants the subsequent generation the right to lead theirs.
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I was born in the Second World War during the Nazi invasion of my country.
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I'm always hoping for the nights that are inspired where you almost have an out of body experience.
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Working for President Nixon was the most extraordinary professional experience of my life. He was endlessly fascinating: brilliant, visionary, kind, generous, warm, funny - and yes, a good man.
