Cass Elliot (Ellen Naomi Cohen) Quotes
When you're famous, you don't get to meet people because they want you to like them when the present themselves to you, and you don't see the real people.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not a video brat. I don't derive all my inspiration through movies. I get it from a lot of other places, too.
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If I just did music, I might go insane. I need words; I need stories. And it's the same the other way around.
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Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.
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The men and women of my generation are heirs to that great collective success which has been admired worldwide and of which we are so proud. It is now up to us to pass it on to the coming generations.
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The bad guys don't always get punished and the good guys are not necessarily pure.
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Winemakers have to adapt to what they're given by nature: the vines, the fruit, the soil and the weather.
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When I was a teenager, reading for me was as normal, as unremarkable as eating or breathing. Reading gave flight to my imagination and strengthened my understanding of the world, the society I lived in, and myself. More importantly, reading was fun, a way to live more than one life as I immersed myself in each good book I read.
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Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
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Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.
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Rag paper, containing hemp fiber, is the highest quality and longest lasting paper ever made. It can be torn when wet, but returns to its full strength when dry.
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Life on a factory farm is well-nigh unbearable for the animals or birds, and it is often foul for the women and men who process the meat that results - especially in factories for chicken parts. But do not sentimentalize. Do not imagine barnyard life is a bowl of cherries.
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The inherent purpose of American government is let people seek their own goals and to encourage them to be responsible on the various adventures they have on their way to those goals, good, bad, and otherwise.
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Hopefully, there's a place in music for Tinted Windows. If we're really trying to be iconic, we should just stop right now. If one of us could die, that would also help. But I don't think anybody wants that gig.
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Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength.
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The fans make the person a star.
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In manufacturing food for its own cells, the plant is producing a supply of food that will be available for the sustenance of animal cells also. Thus the entire animal World may be said to be a vast parasitic colony as absolutely dependent upon the vegetable colony for its essential food supplies as any other parasite is dependent upon its host.
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Life in the twentieth century is like a parachute jump: you have to get it right the first time.
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Now, if I had an Indian name, it would be 'Stands in Confusion'.
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The love and support from the Witches of East End fans continues to blow us away and renews our faith that storytelling matters, strong female characters matter, and messages about faith and hope matter. I love this family. I love this story. And to be part of a show that has inspired and touched so many people's hearts is a true blessing.
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Some people are enraged, and some people are applauding. If there were a mission statement for graffiti, that would be it.
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We will host the Asean summit in November this year. It will be an occasion to reflect on our achievements collectively and to look at how Asean can maintain its leading role in regional and international cooperation.
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Ideas come from life: what happens in mine, what I see happening in others', mixed with a great deal of imagination. I might see a person in a grocery store and build a whole character and life out of what's in her basket.
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I felt like I was cheated out of my career in the UFC. In my mind and in my heart, I never lost to a foe. I never lost to an opponent. I lost to diverticulitis. That was my opponent that beat me. A lot of other people might have other thoughts about that.
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When you're famous, you don't get to meet people because they want you to like them when the present themselves to you, and you don't see the real people.
