Carrie P. Meek Quotes
We've got to stop focusing solely on the symptoms of crime, and start caring about the causes as well.
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My idea is just to do something different each time; the next thing I do has to be completely different to the thing I've done before - that's what I try and do, because you know, I'm an actor, not a film star.
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I did some theater as a kid for fun. But it was really by chance that I landed into acting.
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It's hard to find a play that's right for me to do. Rather than waiting around for the right script to come along, I decided to write one myself.
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I'm so appreciative that people have begun to recognize my work in a way where it can afford me more opportunities.
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There is nothing anyone can do anyway. The public has no power. The government knows I'm not a criminal. The parole board knows I'm not a criminal. The judge knows I'm not a criminal.
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Smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.
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My mother was religious; she was knowledgeable about mythology and scriptures; she could tell the metaphysical nuances and make the story come to life with their deeper significance. The current generation is missing out on this.
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One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a measure of harmony in one's life.
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I have heard firsthand from several small business owners about their struggle to borrow and their fear of taking on additional debt.
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The thing that everyone remembers about 'Bambi' is that moment. 'The Lion King,' took it to quite an extreme because it was an action sequence: his father was killed in a wildebeest stampede - I related, because mine was, too.
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My aunt Julie was a production manager, and she heard of an opening. Some show was looking for children to run around the house or whatever. I auditioned and got the part, and I showed up in all of my monstrous energy, bouncing everywhere like an electron.
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I wrote 'Ohio,' and it was really awesome to be able to share that with my fans because a lot of them can relate to not having a parent in their life. It's really one of my favourite songs to sing live.
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It's really humbling to be acknowledged by such established names like CMT and Billboard.
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People who are living in economic struggle are more than their circumstances. They're majestic and creative and beautiful.
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Well, first of all, we've got to get away from being offended by the truth. We've seen a 41 percent increase in food stamp recipients across the United States of America since President Obama was sworn in in January 2009. That has nothing to do with black, white, Hispanic or whatever. It's a fact, and we need to, you know, deal with that.
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There's no business like show business, but there are several businesses like accounting.
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Formerly we used to canonize our heroes. The modern method is to vulgarize them. Cheap editions of great books may be delightful, but cheap editions of great men are absolutely detestable.
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Our principal writers have nearly all been fortunate in escaping regular education.
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'Breaking Bad' has definitely opened many, many doors for me.
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We can live with lots of things, but we can't live without imagination, we can't live without hope.
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We've got to stop focusing solely on the symptoms of crime, and start caring about the causes as well.
