Carolyn Hax (Carolyn Hanley Hax) Quotes
When people get more frustrated by their indecision than by the situation that prompted it, clarity often follows.
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I live in Derry, a little town in Ireland, and I don't have the background of Hollywood or Broadway.
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When we go to the store, we bring home more than food - we bring home traces of broader environmental problems. But we can use our shopping carts and dinner plates to help solve some of those problems.
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Our best thoughts come from others.
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A lot of news is just entertainment masquerading as news.
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I'd never been published when I was young.
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There's a lot of interviews now where nobody seems to talk about anything. Like it's illegal. But it can be fun if you stay involved. Like most conversations.
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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There's a difference between a failure and a fiasco... a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.
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It's no fun for me to cover a song and produce it the exact same way as it already exists. When I hear that happening, I have to say, 'What's the point?'
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Maybe clothes are a form of creative expression for me. An outlet. Because I don't get to express myself creatively through my official duties.
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To go behind a man's hall-door is mean, cowardly, unfair opposition.
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'She's Dynamite' was a 100 years ago, and I recorded that song because the company thought that it was a great song and it was hot. That was the beginning of rock n' roll, and I guess they thought it would be a BB King version of rock n' roll.
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People like Art Blakey and Buddy Rich, you look at them playing music, and it's just like looking at a heavy metal drummer. I mean, they're playing with the same amount of ferocity. It's not to say all jazz is like that.
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I think cricket is there in Usain Bolt's blood. Since I got to watch from close quarters, it was amazing to see him run up to bowl. The perfect delivery stride is understandable because he is a world champion athlete. But the manner - he loaded at the crease and then bowled the ball - left me zapped. He looked like a natural cricketer.
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I think I'm a people person. I get very attached to people. And I've become so attached to all the people on my show, the cast, the crew and the producers.
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Every moment in our lives is a miracle we should enjoy instead of ignoring.
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Young people understand the world. They should be listened to on matters of politics and world organization. But they know nothing of their own lives.
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Living is no laughing matter: you must live with great seriousness like a squirrel for example - I mean without looking for something beyond and above living, I mean living must be your whole occupation.
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The fact that nobody asks you to sing is not an indication that you should sing louder. This sounds obvious until it's applied to matters like mass transportation. There are virtually no private mass transit companies. This does not represent the failure of the market to provide a needed service, it represents the failure of an unneeded service to go away!
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Jonas Salk showed that a killed virus vaccine would work and would be damned effective in fighting disease. This was something that virologists of the day pooh-poohed. And Salk proved them wrong.
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Everyone believes that artificial or prerecorded calls - 'robocalls,' as they're known - are awful. They're intrusive. They're unwanted.
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'Cake Boss' does massive, massive things, which are great.
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People in Tulsa are totally friendly; the crowds are very nice.
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When people get more frustrated by their indecision than by the situation that prompted it, clarity often follows.
