Carolyn Keene (Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson) Quotes
What’s that old saying about the longest way ‘round is the shortest way home, or is it the shortest way ’round is the longest way home? Anyway, this is the longest shortcut I’ve ever taken.
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A person that says, 'Losing is not difficult,' I don't even want to be around that person. And obviously, that person has never won anything relevant in their life.
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I love meeting interesting people and doing things with them.
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I'm a notorious late-night texter. I seem to use a lot of lip, heart, and tongue emoji.
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Writing is hard work and bad for the health.
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One of the things that I was always, and still am, is quite resourceful.
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As a film actor, you don't often get that opportunity to meet with your audience and take your applause on stage.
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Lunch is for wimps.
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The Irish job was something that had to be sorted out.
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I had never auditioned for Broadway - any play - and I was not familiar with what you're supposed to do.
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I love love. I'm, like, obsessed with it.
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I think I'm making music that's pretty universal.
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From as early as I can remember, I was focused on becoming a lawyer.
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The kings of Spain brought us the conquistadores and masters, whose footprints remained in the circular land grants assigned to those searching for gold in the sands of rivers, an abusive and shameful form of exploitation, traces of which can be noted from the air in many places around the country.
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I'm someone who believes the only way to see a movie is in a big theater, on a big screen, with a big bag of popcorn.
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The people who harvest America's food must be treated with respect and earn a living wage.
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Customers are using BetterWorks in a number of creative ways to reward and incentivize employees.
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Why has it seemed that the only way to protect the environment is with heavy-handed government regulation?
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I honestly don't even know how I got into acting. It happened so quickly because my mom and sister used to do commercials, and apparently when I was little I would unbuckle myself from the stroller and crash their auditions.
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All my inspiration comes from life. That's how it never stops, in a way.
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I didn't know what was going through my mind.
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All prisons that have existed in our society to date put people away as no human being should ever be put away.
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One of the dreams of Zionism was to be a bridge. Instead, we are creating exclusion between the East and the West instead of creating bridges; we are contributing to the conflict between East and West by our stupid desire to have more.
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Ever since I can remember I’ve had positive and negative fan reviews. And whether it was positive or negative it wasn’t always based in reality or what my perception of the music was. But judging from playing these new songs live and my feelings on the record [Scream] – and it’s a great record – there is definitely an audience for it. Also, I don’t really go to clubs so I don’t know what sounds are made there.
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What’s that old saying about the longest way ‘round is the shortest way home, or is it the shortest way ’round is the longest way home? Anyway, this is the longest shortcut I’ve ever taken.
