Carolyn Wells Quotes
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I did 'Lone Star Love' in 2007 with Randy Quaid, and that was supposed to come to Broadway at the Belasco and a marquee went up and everything... and it all fell apart, and that marquee came right down, and we got severance pay. And, it was very sad.
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Even with my wife, I find sharing soup is hard.
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I have known I was destined to live in Goa the moment I first stepped foot on the Panjim docks from the ferry from Mumbai, when I was 18.
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The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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I describe myself as an environmentalist not because I'm marching in the street with placards but because I like to be in the woods by myself.
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We all have possibilities we don't know about. We can do things we don't even dream we can do.
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I just saw metal as another tool for me to use.
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The fun part for me is to just really push that envelope.
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All I can say is that I had an extraordinary childhood.
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Much of what the Bible demands can be comprised in one imperative: Remember!
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I now spend a good part of my day dreaming of times past, present and future. As I try to survive on 15 hours sleep a day, I have plenty of time to enjoy vivid dreams. Being completely wheel-chaired doesn't stop my mind from roaming the universe - on the contrary!
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Compassion is not a dirty word. Compassion is not a sign of weakness. In my view, compassion in politics and in public policy is in fact a hallmark of great strength. It is a hallmark of a society which has about it a decency which speaks for itself.
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Your mind simply can't focus forward and downward all at the same time.
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My autism is a very mild form. It was diagnosed at the age of 25, partly because it wasn't diagnosable as a teenager (this is Asperger's syndrome, specifically). But there were certainly traits within that condition, within the autism spectrum in general, especially at the high functioning end, that I think are best looked at as pluses.
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I don't think I'd ever apologise for music I make, no.
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I like the idea that my audience doesn't see what I do as controversial.
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I'm just enjoying my life at the moment.
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I think democracy's undermined when those who own newspapers fill them with trivia rather than real issues.
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I love Marlon Brando. Never seem him bad, just less good.
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My mother was a trained nurse, and she'd tell me that patients would fight as they were administered anaesthetic, grappling to get the gas mask off their face.
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People don't want to treat their nannies subserviently. They don't want to act like bosses. And so nobody quite knows how to behave, and everyone is slightly pretending that the mother and nanny are 'equal' - when that's not the case. And pretending you are equal can make things complicated, even dangerous.
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Society's the mother of convention.
