Carrie Ann Inaba Quotes
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	I still think in this country, and this might surprise you, the one thing that George Bush said as president that I do agree with, I love that phrase, 'the soft bigotry of low expectations.'   
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	As long as a film stays unmade, the book is entirely yours, it belongs to the writer. As soon as you make it into a film, suddenly more people see it than have ever read the book.   
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	On the field, you have to be aggressive; you're thinking how to get the better of a situation. It's not that I don't laugh on the field. In fact, I think it's very important to laugh, especially when you are angry and aggressive, to just take the tension away, make the moment go away.   
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	Education never quite gets the attention it deserves in presidential campaigns, but monster flip-flops surely do.   
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	Studies show when people yell, they get themselves even angrier. Interesting factoid: If you and/or your partner's heartbeat becomes higher than 100 beats per minute during an argument, you will not be able to fully understand/process what the other is saying.   
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	Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.   
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	The real actor has a direct line to the collective heart.   
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	What can you know about life at 14? I have learned a lot since, but you learn slowly. You get hit by many things and try to make sense of it.   
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	But Tommy Lee Jones is just smooth. He's just the real deal. I'm captivated by him because there's so little of that in Hollywood, and he just embodies it.   
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	I think a man turns into a writer by editing his own texts.   
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	When you're always trying to conform to the norm, you lose your uniqueness, which can be the foundation for your greatness.   
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	The Greek word pseudepigrapha is a Greek word meaning 'falsely superscribed,' or what we moderns might call writing under a pen name. The classification, 'OT Pseudepigrapha,' is a label that scholars have given to these writings.   
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	I freely admit that I took great license in writing 'The Dark Queen,' more so than my other historical romance novels. This is largely because I viewed the book as a fantasy novel as much as an historical. I do feel that writers should strive for as much accuracy as possible but, in the end, remember that we are writing fiction.   
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	Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.   
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	The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses Eden, writes to be read and comes to realize that he is answerable.   
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	My wife and I do not argue. We communicate. We talk. But we've never fought in our entire relationship.   
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	I have learned so much from Nelson Mandela, and he has been my leader. He is a perpetual inspiration for me and millions of others around the world.   
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	I don't think any drug that can cause brain damage, failing kidneys, hardening arteries, pain, and suffering should be made available.   
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	Reactive arthritis is something I've been dealing with for nearly a year.   
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	A man of purpose focuses on his destination, not his situation. Don't let your situation mislead you!   
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	I cannot love a man who cannot protect me.   
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	I have arthritis. The space around my spinal cord has become compressed.   
 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					 
					