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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Gay teenagers are four times as likely to attempt suicide as straight ones. I wish they knew that there's nothing wrong with them; that they are just a different shade of normal.
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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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It is a melancholy truth; yet such is the blessed effect of civilization! the most respectable women are the most oppressed; and, unless they have understandings far superiour to the common run of understandings, taking in both sexes, they must, from being treated like contemptible beings, become contemptible.
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I had the pleasure of meeting our U.K. counterparts at the U.S. and U.K. Transatlantic Aviation Industry Roundtable to discuss aviation security.
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I always think that I've embarrassed myself.
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A finished work is exactly that, requires resurrection.
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We believe that marriage, by its very definition, can exist only between a man and a woman. Moreover, study after study - not to mention common sense - show that children fare better in life when raised in a home with a loving father and mother in a stable, committed relationship.
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Society's the mother of convention.
