Risa Lavizzo-Mourey Quotes
I always knew I wanted to be a doctor, but I also knew that being a doctor meant more than treating just the patient in front of you.
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It's healthy to have two or three weeks' gap between big releases.
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When one takes action for others, one's own suffering is transformed into the energy that can keep one moving forward; a light of hope illuminating a new tomorrow for oneself and others is kindled.
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Being on a television series is sort of life-altering on every level.
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Exposure to a diversity of disciplines has been exceptionally helpful to me.
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People think of you differently if you've been in their homes. They think they own you because they watched you while they were eating dinner, or they can turn you up or down, or even freeze you.
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I have a great support network - my family, my model agency Storm, and people I work with in the fashion industry. And, of course, there are all my followers on Twitter who stop me from feeling lonely; I love them all. They keep me grounded.
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Feminism was about making women's lives less constrained and giving them more choices.
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The most influential thinker, in my life, has been the psychologist Richard Nisbett. He basically gave me my view of the world.
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I do read some of the scripts from America and, even though the themes or subject of the film is very interesting, and some of the scenes are very interesting, there is a tendency that they have to explain everything. There will be no dilemma.
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When I listen to a song, I don't say, 'Oh my gosh, that vocal line she sang was the best thing I ever heard.' I'm thinking, 'That lyric just moves me. That lyric just said what I feel better than I could say it myself.'
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I love to be in the ballpark. I love to just go in and enjoy a great baseball game, a great pitchers' duel.
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I maintain the rather old-fashioned view that this is my work and it's in the public arena, but that doesn't entitle everyone to know what happened at home before coming here.
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My mind is constantly creating and searching, but I can't make myself put the right words on paper until I'm ready. Once I'm ready, I'm a focused, disciplined writer who will put in twelve hours a day at the computer, but I also spend a lot of time away from the computer getting to that point.
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I tend to write short, brief snippets - I lean toward the chamber music end as opposed to the symphony end of things.
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Halas didn't believe in starting rookies.
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Whether we fear pain and suffering or not, pain and suffering will come to everyone. Why not keep our minds focused on where we want to go?
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I try to play serious scenes a little funny and the comedy a little serious.
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The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.
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Acceptance looks like a passive state, but in reality it brings something entirely new into this world. That peace, a subtle energy vibration, is consciousness.
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A conqueror is always a lover of peace.
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Always be sincere, even when you don't mean it.
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Competition, I think, is always a good thing.
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America isn't Congress. America isn't Washington. America is the striving immigrant who starts a business, or the mom who works two low-wage jobs to give her kid a better life. America is the union leader and the CEO who put aside their differences to make the economy stronger.
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I always knew I wanted to be a doctor, but I also knew that being a doctor meant more than treating just the patient in front of you.
