Nella Larsen Quotes
Children aren't everything. There are other things in the world, though I admit some people don't seem to suspect it.
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All of my friends, I consider childhood friends because we met when I was probably 13, and I'm still friends with them today. It's really nice that I have that core group.
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Compared to how I have raced before and how I have competed, the success that I have had, this does look like doom compared to it.
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I love sitcoms, and I grew up on sitcoms. That's my tasty junk food.
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Hollywood so often likes to make movies that are just about itself. I felt there were a lot of stories that were yet to be told in the middle of the country, and I wanted to capture some of that beauty.
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Why are we tiptoeing on glass? You can ask me whatever you like; people usually do, and I try to be as honest as I can.
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I came to Congress on the promise of cutting wasteful government spending. There are plenty of examples of the government playing loose with taxpayer money, but none more so than how we spend our foreign aid dollars.
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I'm gluten intolerant, so that automatically cuts carbs from my diet.
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Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death.
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Just watching TV as a kid, for a long time I thought, as a young kid, obviously when I was, like, 4 or 5, I thought that people lived in the television.
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People all over the world have problems. And as long as people have problems, the blues can never die.
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I want to play Lena Horne because I've always been fascinated with her. Her talent was astounding and more than that, her life story is incredible.
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I have sometimes thought that there is no being so venomous, so bloodthirsty as a professed philanthropist.
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Six imams removed from a US Airways flight from Minneapolis to Phoenix are calling on Muslims to boycott the airline. If only we could get Muslims to boycott all airlines, we could dispense with airport security altogether.
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Those who had alleged that a million civilians were dying from sanctions were willing, nay eager, to keep those same murderous sanctions if it meant preserving Saddam!
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A lot of times, the choice of the right song will save a scene. Or there will be a scene that's a little flat and you put in the right song and somehow it just comes alive.
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If people see that I'm fully committed to my chosen charities and fully engaged in their issues, maybe they'll click a link to find out more.
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My grandmother taught me how to make the basic pate brise pastry crust when I was young. The one thing I learned simply by eating her endless variations on delicious tarts for dinner every night is that this dough can be used for just about anything - sweet or savory.
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I used to enjoy reading true crime, but I've discovered that I don't have the journalism nose for blood.
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There's clearly something to be said for success and following through on your commitments.
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It is my desire to break the destructive generational cycle of illiteracy in the home by focusing on the children. Reading to your child has so much value as a parent because it opens the lines of communication.
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Most people only remember Maradona for the bad parts now. But he was a genius, someone who lifted us and himself up to the level of the gods.
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I did study religion for a little while. I studied the Torah and the Holy Koran, Helios Biblos, which is considered by most people to be the Holy Bible. I just wanted to know, even with Buddhism and the Dalai Llama.
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There's a point where art is not subjective, and my example for that is Picasso. If you don't like Picasso, that's your problem.
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Children aren't everything. There are other things in the world, though I admit some people don't seem to suspect it.
