Laura Ricketts Quotes
We all have different perspectives on the world. I'm a woman. I live in Chicago. I'm gay.
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People take things so seriously.
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Every year is pressure. You need to put in on yourself to go out and perform.
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I think a woman gets more if she acts feminine.
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I think when you have an optimistic attitude, and you believe that God is guiding you, that you will find the good things in your life and that you will lead to good relationships and good people in your life. And you can make the most of what he's given you.
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In some sense, what you might have suspected from the first day of high-school chemistry is true: The periodic table is a colossal waste of time. Nine out of every 10 atoms in the universe are hydrogen, the first element and the major constituent of stars. The other 10 percent of all atoms are helium.
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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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No one can end it, but incidents of corruption can be reduced.
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You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.
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There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.
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Well, after the divorce, I went home and turned all the lights on!
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I was just making music in my bedroom. I never wanted to be onstage.
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I thought I'd have a career playing women in the vein of Ruth Gordon, and we've seen that type almost disappear.
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The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.
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Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
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With the greatest of respect, I have watched Apple from the day it started. I was publishing magazines about the Apple II before most people had ever heard what a personal computer was.
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I believe in civil liberties for homosexuals. I guess I'd have to say I'd draw the line at letting them teach in the schools.
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I have been, and will remain, outspoken in my insistence that Israel has a right to live in peace and security.
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Anything can become a musical sound. The wind on telegraph wires is a great sound; get it into your machine and play it and it becomes interesting.
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As a human being, anger is a part of our mind. Irritation also part of our mind. But you can do - anger come, go. Never keep in your sort of - your inner world, then create a lot of suspicion, a lot of distrust, a lot of negative things, more worry.
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The craftless anarchy of the Beat poets on the one hand, and the extreme control of Henry James on the other, suggest that for most human beings, just as both freedom and discipline are necessary in life, serendipity and design must coexist in a work to make it readable.
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When I was larger, people said I was fat. Now that I've lost weight, they say I died.
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Travel's the great educator, especially for the girls. You can't put a value on it.
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If I find myself just not feeling like writing songs anymore, I think I'll drop it. There's enough bad, insincere music out there. I don't need to contribute to that.
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We all have different perspectives on the world. I'm a woman. I live in Chicago. I'm gay.
