Cassandra Peterson Quotes
People always say, 'Who is your audience?' and I could never put a finger on it - and I wouldn't want to put a finger on it.
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I grew up in a very large, poor family.
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Deconstructing the concept of race not only conflicts with people's tendency to classify and build family histories according to common descent but also ignores the work of biologists studying non-human species.
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During this time I had the singular good fortune of being able to discuss the problem constantly with Einstein. Some experiments done at Einstein's suggestion yielded no decisively new result.
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Where I'm focused now is how I get more women leaders. We decided not to just look outside the company for great women to hire, but to help women rise up through the ranks internally.
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Free imagination is the inestimable prerogative of youth and it must be cherished and guarded as a treasure.
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There's a policy now of opening the doors to the outside world.
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I have a great office.
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I feel like all the parts are seniors in high school and seventh graders, and I think I kinda skipped that awkward stage by not working those years.
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Any woman who diets all the time can't help but be grouchy. Nobody can be amusing or entertaining on a diet.
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I found the happiest woman in America is between 50 and 55, is happily married, has made significant progress in her career, and lives in a community where she can easily exercise outside. But the most important single thing was she had her last child before she was 35.
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Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.
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Pregnancy isn't 'I can eat whatever I want,' because you have to remember you're going to be stuck with a lot of that weight afterwards that you need to try to get off.
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There was no difference between my characters and the life my readers were going to have to face.
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Individual responsibility, hard work, paying attention in school, faith, family all these things are important.
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I started out as a stand-up comedian. And that's what I'm most comfortable doing.
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We proved that we are still a people capable of doing big things and tackling our biggest challenges.
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You can't expect to hit the jackpot if you don't put a few nickels in the machine.
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When I edit, I'm not from the school of Hello, I'm a genius, so everybody shut up. I'm from the school of Let's play it once in front of an audience, and then I'll tell you where it is going.
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Once you're playing someone, you shouldn't be judging them in any way. That's what being an actor is - it's having empathy for people that are different from yourself. Once you've committed to that person, your responsibility is to tell that story.
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I'm a songwriter, an artist, and a musician. I do not have to try to be that; I just am.
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People will still recognize me and say, 'You'll shoot your eye out!'
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The best part of my carreer is getting to meet so many different people, because I learn so much from everyone.
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It's okay to make mistakes as long as you learn from them.
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People always say, 'Who is your audience?' and I could never put a finger on it - and I wouldn't want to put a finger on it.
