Carolyn Hax (Carolyn Hanley Hax) Quotes
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Now, do I think the baby boomers tend to be self-absorbed? I do.
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Saying no frees you up to say yes when it matters most.
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People relate to me, and I try to make songs that make people smile.
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If I stayed in London, I probably would have gotten more work. I've never wanted to be thought of as an 'It' girl, someone who rides on the coattails of my mother.
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On the taxing of banks, we have to find the level at which they squeal but still pay and open up the next day.
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I'm still hungry. I've still got a million ideas. I'm still strong and ready to create.
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When I was around 15, I did my first movie. I was at a kids' agency, and the third time I was invited to an audition, they offered me a little part in some kiddie thing, and I earned my first money. I was very proud that I could buy my first mountain bike with my own money.
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Fits did not go over well in my house. There was a lot of discipline and obedience and you had to be very ladylike. Ladies didn't curse and I still don't curse in front of my parents.
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That's why for Zakk Wylde's Black Label Society the colors are black and white. There are no gray issues. Life is black and it's white. There's no in-between.
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Actually I ran away from school when I was 13. No one could find me, and the police were called. I was just hiding in a little thicket of grass at my school, and went to sleep.
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The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes to hide.
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The view from space is like having a globe on your desk -- it's a broadening experience.
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I have supported affirmative action, I do support affirmative action and I will support affirmative action.
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It's tough to get any film made, even if you're Martin Scorsese. It's just hard to get films made.
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I have so many mentors. I'm really lucky to be surrounded by incredible mentors, whether it be Solange Knowles or Gloria Steinem or Ava DuVernay, there are so many awesome people in my life, and so I'm lucky for them to kind of have fostered my identity as I grow into myself.
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Believe me, no civilized man ever regrets a pleasure, and no uncivilized man ever knows what a pleasure is.
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Ever notice that Soup for One is eight aisles away from Party Mix?
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If everyone thinks you're doing the right thing, then everyone would be doing it. Have a controversial strategy.
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In the nineties, it was common to see people who expressed themselves through one designer - the Jil Sander woman, the Martin Margiela woman. You saw her on the street, and you knew who she was.
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There are 30,000 days in your life. When I was 24, I realized I’m almost 9,000 days down. There are no warm-ups, no practice rounds, no reset buttons. Your biggest risk isn’t failing, it’s getting too comfortable. Every day we’re writing a few more words of a story. I wanted my story to be an adventure and that’s made all the difference. Instead of trying to make your life perfect, give yourself the freedom to make it an adventure, and go ever upward.
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Minimizing exposure to miserable people is nothing short of a life strategy.
