Ricki Lake Quotes
I hate the feeling of falling - I'll never jump from a plane - but I love a good roller coaster. Go figure!
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You possess a potent force that you either use, or misuse, hundreds of times every day.
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People don't want to pay 8 or 9 dollars to go see a problem that they have in their life, on screen. They pay to get away from that. That's why they watch soap operas.
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I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.
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Colombia is in a risky position. They've got a peace process that's going nowhere, and a drug production problem that's skyrocketing.
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Approaching people for work has not worked for me. People who came to me with work has worked.
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I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature.
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Maven is very much a haunting presence in 'Glass Sword.' His influence is everywhere, and he dogs Mare and Cal like no other. He's my favorite character to write because he's so complex, but also because he affects everyone else so deeply. He's kind of like the source of gravity. Everyone moves around him and what he's done.
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You can learn more from a person just from their observations and how they see the world. More so than just talking.
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I certainly love doing comedy and feel most comfortable near it.
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But you are absolutely right that when the international community decides to help in a meaningful manner a country like Afghanistan, then coordination between the various actors that are involved in these processes is very, very difficult indeed.
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We are not in the regime of Aurangzeb. We are in the regime of rule of law. When rule of law is concerned, it applies to government, it applies to Supreme Court, it applies to everybody.
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My favorite body part? My feet. They're not pretty, but they get me where I want to go.
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I get why people want to come see me play guitar, but I still don't understand why people want to interview me.
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It makes the heart to tremble when you open an undiscovered tomb.
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I am grateful that as a reporter and as an anchor, people have allowed me to share their stories.
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We need to honor our troops who served and show our support by giving our men and women who served the best health care, the best educational opportunities, and the best job training available. They deserve nothing less.
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Tech is all about building human connections.
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When I was a child, my father taught me to put up my fists like a boy and to be prepared to defend myself at all times.
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Individual consciousness is just sickness.
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I couldn't be Susan Sontag. I'm not very good with abstract thought. I always just take to the emotional core of me.
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Yes, but another writer I read in high school who just knocked me out was Theodore Dreiser. I read An American Tragedy all in one weekend and couldn't put it down - I locked myself in my room. Now that was antithetical to every other book I was reading at the time because Dreiser really had no style, but it was powerful.
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I hate to travel with stuff.
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I hate the feeling of falling - I'll never jump from a plane - but I love a good roller coaster. Go figure!
