Carolyn Hax (Carolyn Hanley Hax) Quotes
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Joy is the simplest form of gratitude.
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As a novelist, I ask of myself only that I tell the truth and that I tell it beautifully.
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My focus on the budget, though, has played second fiddle to what I believe is even more important - creating jobs.
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Playing and listening to music gives you a sense of fulfilment because you have to put everything in you at its disposal.
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We all have fears, especially when we're younger. I was afraid of clowns.
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That's the miracle of fiction. I use it to spray on certain moments or places from my youth.
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You could time a suburban story by your watch: it lasts as long as it takes a small furry animal that's lonely to find friends, or a small furry animal that's lost to find its parents; it lasts as long as a quick avowal of love; it lasts precisely as long as the average parent is disposed on a Tuesday night to spend reading aloud to children.
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I saw a sign one time that said 'hemorrhoids awareness week' at the doctor's office. Let me tell you, if you got hemorrhoids, I'm sure you are aware of it. You don't need a sign to tell anybody about it.
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The more unconscious individuals, groups, or nations are, the more likely it is that egoic pathology will assume the form of physical violence. Violence is a primitive but still very widespread way in which the ego attempts to assert itself, to prove itself right or another wrong. With very unconscious people, arguments can easily lead to physical violence.
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Did I miss the skyscrapers, did I miss the long freeway? From the coast of California to the shores of The Delaware Bay You can bet your life I did, till I got back in the U.S.A.
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I'm not a pacifist. I feel that there are situations where fighting is inescapable, but we don't go looking for those things.
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An interesting thing about New Zealand, you know, literature is that it really didn't begin in any real sense until the 20th century.
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By giving people the power to share, we're making the world more transparent.
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It's really important to teach people how to get food, how to grow it, how to pick it, how to prepare it and what's safe to eat.
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I don't really ever think about whether or not I like the characters I'm playing. I'm more into the minutiae of their behaviour or what they're doing in a certain scene.
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I've already been married six times in my career as an actress - twice as Becky - so I think a wedding of my own might feel too much like work!
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Just making a good movie is hard to do.
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Now they call in all of the authority figures they can find and hire them - the cost has gone up. The picture may or may not get better, but definitely, it gets more cumbersome.
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Some have said that 'Frankenstein' is a story of a bad parenting giving rise to a troubled child.
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Most every day — if not every day — for the rest of your life, you will be reminded or think of this night. And I want to thank you in advance right now for the great memories it’s going to be.
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I feel very grateful that for some reason I was raised to believe that I had permission to explore the creative world. I'm very aware of what a privilege that is, because most people don't grant themselves that permission, and I really think that's the only thing that separates people that call themselves artists from the rest of the world. It's suspending self-judgment for long enough to do something expressive.
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It is extraordinary how extraordinary the ordinary person is.
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So often we experience things in life, and yet never see the connections between them. When we are given hardship, or feel pain, we often fail to consider that the experience may be the direct cause or result of another action or experience. Sometimes we fail to recognize the direct connection between the pain in our lives and our relationship with Allah SWT
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Unfortunately, I think the expectation is that birthday girls don't pay.
