Bess Streeter Aldrich Quotes
Not all clever words are true. ... And inversely most things that are true are not clever.
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Patience was not something that came naturally to me, but in cooking it is the quintessential skill.
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Actually, my dog I think is the only person who consistently loves me all the time.
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Just making the crowd laugh is not really doing things for me anymore. That's just knowing how to kill; I've learned how to kill – but also learned when a crowd's laughter is meaningful.
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Most actors don't grow up with sweet, vanilla parents.
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I don't listen to my old stuff very often at all.
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I have a very personal interest. I am a Miami-Dade voter. One of the issues is that my vote and so many other votes of women and African Americans in Florida are being discounted or discarded. I want my vote to count.
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The big thing in my family growing up is that everybody had to play a musical instrument. We were like the von Trapps.
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Women are outperforming men in almost every sphere of life in our society and the women of East Indian ancestry are no exception to this rule. They have broken the cultural mould.
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Bloody men are like bloody buses - you wait for about a year and as soon as one approaches your stop two or three others appear.
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For me, I like to be a little bit tomboy but still look like a lady. Pretty tough. Or really, really, really pretty.
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When you look at people, you should look at more than what you see on the surface; you should try to find a soul.
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In the face of Russian aggression, we’re not going to turn our back to our allies in Europe. We’re going to stay united in NATO, which is the world’s strongest alliance.
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Perception requires imagination because the data people encounter in their lives are never complete and always equivocal.
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How wonderful it is that no one has to wait, but can start right now to gradually change the world! How wonderful it is that everyone, great and small, can immediately help bring about justice by giving of themselves! ... You can always - always - give something, even if it's a simple act of kindness!
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In my head, scenes are shot from certain angles; there are camera pans, all of that kind of stuff. Converting those visuals to comic format was mostly a matter of adapting them to the rhythm of paneling.
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My pop culture ended somewhere north of Elvis but not too far.
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I try to be romantic.
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If you practice an art, be proud of it and make it proud of you It may break your heart, but it will fill your heart before it breaks it; it will make you a person in your own right.
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Words cut through my skin, tears roll down my chin
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The simplest kind of decision is binary: that is, the question can be answered, in principle at least, by either yes or no.
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Little things can make such a big difference during recording.
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I was always the new kid in school, I'm the kid from a broken family, I'm the kid who had no dad showing up at the father-son stuff, I'm the kid that was using food stamps at the grocery store.
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Not all clever words are true. ... And inversely most things that are true are not clever.
