Karen Carpenter Quotes
I enjoy money. Not enough people in this world are happy. I'm determined to be contented, and having plenty of money from working makes it easier for me.
Quotes to Explore
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In my district, the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles handle approximately 44 percent of all of the goods delivered to American shores, yet they are in constant need of revenue for facilities, improvements and upgrades to roads and bridges and rails.
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I forced myself to think what is the new concept and it became clear to me that it was risk, not only in technology and ecology, but in life and employment, too.
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I think talent makes me really attracted to someone more than anything.
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My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.
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If you don't have a teacher you can't have a disciple.
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The only person I'd cry if I met would be Beyonce.
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I've been reading tabloids since I was nine. I love a good story.
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You have to find something there that relates to the characters and reality on some level.
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Swimming is my passion and something that I love.
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The kids from the streets don't want preaching or messages. They want what they can identify with. They want to hear about the reality of their situation, not fairy tales. They don't care if it's ugly; they just want reality.
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I open the doors for everybody all the time.
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I put so much of myself out there and make myself so accessible that sometimes I fear I make myself too accessible.
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Don't be afraid to convince yourself that your business is incredible, but don't expect others to be convinced without solid data to back it up. Ideas can be a worth a lot, but they are usually not. Execution is everything.
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I wouldn't let a biopic be made on me. That's because I don't believe in them. I don't like them.
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There was no reality to pain when it left one, thought while it held one fast all other realities failed.
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And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud.
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I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
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Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.
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In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.
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I'm a firm believer in that you play the way you practice.
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The things hardest to bear are sweetest to remember.
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Hebrew School was my first introduction to real feminism. I remember that much more than I remember any kind of actual religious teaching.
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I'm in the middle of a 25-city book tour, and I like watching what people buy in bookstores. I see people buy books that I strongly suspect they will never read, and as an author, I must tell you, I don't mind this one bit. We buy books aspirationally.
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I enjoy money. Not enough people in this world are happy. I'm determined to be contented, and having plenty of money from working makes it easier for me.
