Carolyn Keene (Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson) Quotes
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If you have a government that is elected, they need to do the hard work - because if they don't, they won't be around the next time the ballot box is open.
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When the simple word processors came in, writing became crisper, less dense - just because of the way we could instantly edit on the screen. Now the ability to mash up words and pictures and links and songs and tweets is what matters. I can't imagine what writing will be like in 2154.
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I think the only advice I can give you on how to live your life well is, first off, remember... it's not the things we do in life that we regret on our deathbed, it is the things we do not.
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I want to show people that there's a side of myself other than just the outrageous comedian.
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I feel like an alien. I feel people don't like me. People behaved strangely after 'Rockstar.'
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I had to create some good work habits and attitude.
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The business aspect is one of the most important things about having a music career, because every choice you make in a management meeting affects your life a year-and-a-half from now.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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That is not enough. Sport has been great for me, a great learning place that if you want to achieve you can, even if you are from the poorest part of Africa.
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Any time anyone makes a comic book into a movie, in some way, I think they have to kill the comic book.
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Conflict is always the right thing to do when it matters.
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Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed.
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I learned a long time ago that fame and money is not a ticket to happiness.
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But I'd say 'How to Make It in America' is the most accurate depiction of the New York hipster community on television for sure.
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A man could spend the rest of his life trying to remember what he shouldn't have said.
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The older I get and the longer I live in New York City, the more I have the desire to go elsewhere and be surrounded by nature.
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If you're a friend or a relative of George Herbert Walker Bush, Prez 41, or George W. Bush, Prez 43, or any other Bushes, then you know an 18-hole round of golf shouldn't take more than three hours out of your day - there are other important things to do.
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War is being waged all across the country against the invasive plant and animal species - some 50,000 of them - now spreading across the U.S.
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Sometimes comedy can be, like, negative and just the worst parts of ourselves coming out.
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Time is found in the calibration of the individual to the timing of a collective endeavour, the social grace that less clock-bound societies must practise.
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I record all night and sleep all day. It started because you're excited about the music and you want to stay up longer, but over 15 years, it's become a habit. In my circle, I think a lot of musicians operate like this. When the place is quiet, you're more creative. I have plenty of people I can call at 4 A.M. and know they'll be up.
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In the fourth grade, my history teacher gave us a project: Why was the auto industry located in Detroit, Michigan? I didn't know I was going to be an economist, but I knew I was going to do something that was involved in answering questions like that one because I thought that was a fascinating question.
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If you tell me there's something I can't do, I'll want to do it even more. Especially when it comes to entertaining.
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What a time for the bulb to got Wait here. I’ll get one from the kitchen.
