Amy Van Dyken Quotes
To the girls that gave me a hard time in high school. I want to say thank you. This is a victory for all the nerds out there.
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I do get approached occasionally, but not a ton. I'm unrecognizable because I'm coated in cat hair and sweat. And there's a sort of yeti quality to my presence... so I don't think that people can see the face.
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Honestly, I wish I could be a part of all the remakes of my father's films. But on second thought, I wouldn't want to be a part of any. The thought of being compared to him is unnerving. I'd rather do my films than live in the fear of living up to his standards.
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The very first time a politician puts you in his target is sometimes a disappointment, because perhaps you thought you were friends and getting along well... But it is not something that you dwelled on. At least, I did not.
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Anything scarce will ultimately be tokenized because the benefits of digitization and increased liquidity are so great.
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Again, I find it difficult to be taken care of and rarely acknowledge it, and every act he does registers, but I also just need to verbally acknowledge him and hug him.
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I don't think I look up to any players. Obviously you respect everyone.
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Having a credible existence in the private sector frees people to be able to be better public servants. You're less concerned with... toeing the party line and more concerned with doing what is right.
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You have to mind your Ps and Qs a little bit.
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I was playing little league baseball when Bruce Jenner was winning the gold, but I don't think I was really paying attention at that time. It wasn't until 1980 - I think I was 12 years old - that I thought, 'Wow that's what I want to do. I want to be on the Olympic team.'
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'Girls' feels very active and stirring a conversation and controversial, and you can't really ask for more as an actor.
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The original settlers in Iceland were the nobles of Norway who left their native land to avoid the tyranny of Harold Fairhair, who tried to crush their power so as to make himself a despotic king in the land.
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I was brought up in Britain, and I'm very proud of my Britishness and my culture.
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One thing about Los Angeles is it feels like it's not new. It feels like it's already been built, and it's deteriorating, except for the places they're trying to make nicer. But in general, you drive all through the city, and the city feels like it was new a long time ago.
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I authored the Universal National Service Act because I believe that everyone in America should contribute to the greater good of America.
Charles B. Rangel -
I was helped by having a verbatim memory of what happened years ago, even if I can't remember what happened a couple of days ago.
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I like my raps, but I'm never too happy with some of 'em because I feel like they could be better.
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I grew up not liking my father very much. I never saw him cry. But he must have. Everybody cries.
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I think maybe because of the kind of music I sing, people want to believe you're a diva. They can't believe after eight years, and eight albums, you're still relatively sane. I feel like they almost want me to throw something at somebody.
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I think sometimes celebrities get so big, they're not reachable.
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I love running. I've been running ever since middle school. In terms of clearing your head and restarting everything, I love running.
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Our youth deserve the opportunity to complete their high school and college education, free of early parenthood. Their future children deserve the opportunity to grow up in financially and emotionally stable homes. Our communities benefit from healthy, productive, well-prepared young people.
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When I'm not the Tiger Mom, I'm a professor at Yale Law School, and if one thing is clear to me from years of teaching, it's that there are many ways to produce fabulous kids. I have amazing students; some of them have strict parents, others have lenient parents, and many come from family situations that defy easy description.
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To the girls that gave me a hard time in high school. I want to say thank you. This is a victory for all the nerds out there.
