Carol Ann Tomlinson Quotes
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Considering all the legal hassle child stars can be, I won't be surprised when they are phased out by CGI children voiced by adult actors.
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Everybody has their ups and downs, and that's what makes you tougher.
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If writers, like comedians or singers, could only hear themselves bombing as they worked, it's likely that certain books would be cut short after the first few leaden sentences.
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We are not saints, but we have kept our appointment. How many people can boast as much?
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The way that people have gotten on board with me is the most encouraging thing in the world, but it's all very connected to the 14 years I've been on tour with Steel Train, even my band before that, Outline, and then fun. and now Bleachers.
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Mo Udall didn't want the presidency bad enough. He was too sane. He was a marvelous guy, but you had the feeling there was another Udall outside his body watching the candidate Udall who was too extravagant, telling him to cut it out.
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It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.
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I write about the trials and triumphs of contemporary life - and often the readers see themselves between the lines of the story.
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It's been great having my little girl. It's like having a workout 24 hours a day. I don't need to go to the gym! I'm chasing after my daughter everywhere she goes.
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The best fiction stays with you and changes you.
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From my side, there was no acceptance to this fact that I am any less than anyone around me. So there was a certain discomfort that I felt growing up that I am not seen as I want to be seen as.
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The first time I went to Iraq was October 2002, when Saddam was still in power, and then, subsequently, in January of 2003, about three-and-a-half months before the U.S. invasion. So, I got to see the before and after of Iraq, basically, before and after the war.
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My workout is ballet class and rehearsal - I've never belonged to a gym.
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Evil can and is overcome every minute of every day.
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There is no such thing as absolute proof. There is only evidence.
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It was amazing that in this country where people allowed emotion to guide their politics they approached love with the precision of accountants.
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A man's house is his castle - et domus sua cuique est tutissimum refugium.
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An absence of credible information prevents citizens from participating in public decision-making, particularly on key issues of concern such as education, health, and governance.
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I'm quite chameleon in my work - not normally looking much like I do in real life.
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My songs are my stories... good, bad, ugly, beautiful.
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I grew up in Arizona, but I moved to L.A. when I was 18 to model. I was doing work for American Apparel and then got cast in the Yeezus tour. Vanessa Beecroft did the creative direction, and they hired three American Apparel models and nine dancers - it wasn't a lot of dancing; we were mostly just walking.
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I grew fond of acting rather late. And that was because I was not getting any job. I had a few friends in Delhi who were associated with theater. They took me to see some plays in Delhi and Baroda. That led me to believe the I could also act. And it was after that I joined National School of Drama in 1993.
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Emotions are one of the main things that derail communication. Once people get upset at one another, rational thinking goes out of the window.
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The central job of schools is to maximize the capacity of each students.