Rebecca Traister Quotes
In 2009, the proportion of American women who were married dropped below 50 percent.
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I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have.
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We've learned a lot about how information needs to flow effectively amongst a group of people. They need to be fed information, and it needs to be on this constant conveyor belt.
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Lester is the Rock of Gibraltar. Nothing can rattle him. I am not. I was always flying off the handle about things. And the one person who could calm me down and make me realize that none of this silliness mattered was Lester Holt.
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I'm probably borderline OCD. I insist on having all objects at right angles to each other. So a fork has to be at a right angle to the knife on the table. The salt and pepper pots have to be placed close together. Only recently have I started to notice it's a weird way to behave.
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In my experience, great reviews almost always ensure no sales.
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Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
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When I'm writing, I like to seal everything off and face the wall, not to look outside the window. The only way out is through the sentences.
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I use loads of moisturising products and make sure I cleanse, tone and moisturise every day. It's just so important to always keep your skin moisturised.
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Each additional idea is a gift to the future. Each additional idea producer is a source of wealth for future generations.
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When we think back at our youth, we always remember the feeling of freedom... that you actually believe in the world. Even if it goes well for you in life, you can never attain that freedom in your imagination of what you think life could be. We are tainted.
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The most significant indicator that there is no disaster in Iraq is the fact that there is no exodus.
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I've always looked the same, and every 10 years, I'm a little bit in fashion.
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Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.
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Send a bouquet of your face with the morning breeze.
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China's got a billion people and a hit record over there is a million records. You know that ain't right.
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You'd be surprised how many movie stars still care about the work.
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The people that call me to play on records call me because they think that I will suit their music. And the people whose music I suit are by and large people that I'm a fan of.
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Remember those black-and-white films with Frank Sinatra? Those guys looked like men and they were only 27! Listen to Otis Redding singing 'Try A Little Tenderness'. That was a man who understood what a man has to know in the world. Show me a real man now! Where are they?
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It's nice when people approach you to help.
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My parents were both writers - they would type their manuscripts sitting side by side on the veranda of our house near Watford - so I wanted to do something different. I wanted to be a bluegrass singer, an architect, a landscape gardener, or to do something with animals.
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When I arrived in L.A., I assumed I'd be able to put on the American accent. It proved difficult, so I had six months working with a dialect coach, and it's become a habit.
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Barack Obama is one of the greatest politicians in American history.
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In 2009, the proportion of American women who were married dropped below 50 percent.
