Beatrice Sparks Quotes
I guess I'll never measure up to anyone's expectations. I surely don't measure up to what I'd like to be.
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I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.
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Everything has two sides - the outside that is ridiculous, and the inside that is solemn.
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Kenya doesn't have much of an infrastructure for hosting a film.
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The better the information it has, the better democracy works. Silence and secrecy are never good for it.
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My parents aren't married. And one of the reasons why they never got married is because they had been married before, and they liked it the way it was. They didn't feel like they needed a piece of paper to be committed. So for me, I know that marriage is not a golden ticket.
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A certain tiny percentage of everyone is gay.
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You've got to live in the moment. When it's over, it's over.
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The environmental crisis is a global problem, and only global action will resolve it.
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I decided I was going to be an artist who wrote my own songs, and turned down the publishing deal. That meant that the first few years here were really tough financially. I didn't know if I was going to have gas to get home sometimes or could put gas in the car.
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The reactions of organic magnesium compounds are of two kinds - reactions of substitution and reactions of addition.
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There is only one cure for gray hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine.
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Let's just say the genes were there for me to excel athletically.
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In theory, parents are supposed to empathize with one other - find common cause in the fervent desire to preserve and protect the world for the next generation, and connect on some deep, almost mystical level that those poor souls who have not experienced this kind of all-consuming love cannot possibly comprehend.
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I have the Italian flag embroidered onto all my dress-shirt cuffs. I am very proud to be Italian.
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In every character that you play... I mean, I don't think I'll ever be the type of actor or performer per se who transforms, you know? Like Claire Danes transforms into Temple Grandin - I'm not gonna do that.
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Some you win some you lose.
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As I was coming out of the closet, our car was hurtling over an embankment.
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There are always decades that interest people. For me, that's the Roaring Twenties.
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We cannot afford to balance the budget on the backs of America's middle class and seniors and must do what it takes to strengthen Social Security and Medicare, including enabling the government to negotiate the price of prescription drugs.
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The women were active, the men passive, and that made Richenza smile as she absorbed wisdom in that moment. Her grandmother had often been told she did not know her place, but truly she did.
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It does not matter how other people treat you. That is their lookout. The only real thing is how you treat them. Give love out, but do not worry and expect any in return, and you will be happy and contented.
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I guess I'll never measure up to anyone's expectations. I surely don't measure up to what I'd like to be.
