Rebecca Wells Quotes
I want to lay up like that, to float unstructured, without ambition or anxiety. I want to inhabit my life like a porch.
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Divorce was very sad, obviously, but now I've gotten over it.
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The ox suffers, the cart complains.
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My father is a poet, my stepmother is a poet, and so I always had encouragement as a child to write.
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Some stories, my property, have been stolen. Someone's appropriated them. It's an illicit act. It's unfair. Suppose you had a coat you liked, and somebody went into your closet and stole it. That's how I feel.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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I just want to be the best. I haven't been in an all-out war. That doesn't mean I'm not the best.
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I am a 10th class pass in Hindi. From 7th grade to 12th grade, I was in Delhi; before that, I was abroad. I came in not knowing a word of Hindi in 7th grade and learned Hindi and passed the exam in 10th. I think I was north of 50 percent, so I feel very proud of that accomplishment.
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I never liked apples. In fact, when I was a little girl, my mom wanted to give me apples in my lunch box and I would ask for green peppers. So bizarre... It's funny - I don't have an apple a day, but I can say that I have a few a week.
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You cannot survive if you do not know the past.
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September 11 was a wake-up call to me. I don't want to contribute to the hate in any shape or form. I now regret in the past being silent about what I have heard in the Islamic discourse and being part of that with my own anger.
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My grandmother was the greatest cook in the world. She could just go in there, the whole kitchen would look like a tornado hit it and then she'd come out with the best food. Then she'd sit at the table and she wouldn't eat!
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My father had a varied ear, from Hank Williams to Ravel.
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The government has a history of not treating people fairly, from the internment of Japanese Americans in World War II to African-Americans in the Civil Rights era.
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Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else.
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You play a part, and as soon as a movie is over and the camera stops, you go home and you're not really responsible for what you've done.
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Jay Cutler, he's a fine quarterback, but I think at times he gets a little nicked up.
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I can be very difficult if people are not professional, or lazy - or the opposite, which is take themselves too seriously.
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Yeah, Hitman I suppose is most of the time a lighter read than Preacher; it was always going to be.
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I had a pretty public divorce. They're not easy - divorces - and it took me a long time to really get through.
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When the facts are on your side, there is huge power in pitching with questions. Because questions are active rather than passive. They necessitate a response.
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Listen, I'm not a politician. I'm not a news reporter. I make music, and I act.
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Rewards and punishments are the lowest form of education.
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They are in a dilemma, they are in trouble now. Hate them and strike them.
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I want to lay up like that, to float unstructured, without ambition or anxiety. I want to inhabit my life like a porch.
