Iris Chang Quotes
Of course, in the United States, which at the time was a very young country, there were also class distinctions. They weren't as pronounced, but they quickly evolved as well.
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Americans are really obsessed with their teeth being white and straight, aren't they? I saw this little girl the other day with one of those whole head braces. Elastic all the way around! How traumatizing for a child to have to wear one of those! You look like a monster.
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Goals enable you to do more for yourself and others, too.
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I have a problem with cleaning. It's my release. I get up at 6 A.M. and clean and hoover and mop everything. Then I feel better.
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The partner that you have is supposed to make you a better person, and when you're happy, you're a better person.
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As a writer, I was shaped by a desire to write for black people. That things were not being represented. That was my motivating force. That it has become what it has become is shocking to me. I just wanted to be able to take care of my kids.
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An image of the Earth, its landscapes, directly affects people. The beauty of the Earth creates enormous emotion, and through that emotion, you can transmit knowledge and raise consciousness.
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I've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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He was about building up the Trump name and then selling it and leasing it in as many different ways as possible.
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I feel fine about getting older because I'm in good shape. I'm 64 and I feel good.
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A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.
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How do you create chemistry? If only I knew that! Some people say it's a natural thing that you have with someone, and maybe it is to do with that, but I think you can work on it.
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Writing humor for me is more like a watchful-ness. You have to watch. When you say something funny, or someone else does, it's more like you wait for the piece.
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I learned about the market's power when I was traded to the Buffalo Bills for $100.
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If you are not living this moment, you are not really living.
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The Canadian spirit is cautious, observant and critical where the American is assertive.
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My mum brought me up to think that personal happiness is more important than your family.
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Last year people won more than one billion dollars playing poker. And casinos made twenty-seven billion just by being around those people.
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The trouble with the artists this year is they are all obsessed with Twitter and headlines. It feels like they are all getting a bit above themselves.
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Childhood is generally far too early to know what we want to be when we grow up. Longitudinal studies following thousands of people across time have shown that most people only begin to gravitate toward certain vocational interests, and away from others, around middle school.
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If you spend time alone in the wilderness, you get very attuned to living things.
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From time immemorial artistic insights have been revealed to artists in their sleep and in dreams, so that at all times they ardently desired them.
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When I look back now, it must have been like Paris was at the time of Le Sacre du Printemps.
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We actually added an extra electric guitar to beef up 'Need You Now', but we haven't changed any of this 'Own The Night' record at all for the international releases.
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Of course, in the United States, which at the time was a very young country, there were also class distinctions. They weren't as pronounced, but they quickly evolved as well.
