Cecily von Ziegesar (Cecily Brooke von Ziegesar) Quotes
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This was just one of many times God has spared me.
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I went to Briar Cliff College initially, and then I transferred to Georgetown University, because I was a Russian major, and I was one of two girls accepted that year. This was September 1969 - well, that would have been 1970 - into the School Of Languages And Linguistics in Georgetown.
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Though many corporations honor commitments to reduce dangerous pollution, some cut corners and cheat. The marketplace doesn't always have mechanisms to correct bad actors.
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I'm not a babysitter.
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The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.
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The exciting quality about Joyce is that when you read him, you are not told of the large public issues that were agitating the minds of politicians and journalists on those days. Joyce is interested in the mind of a man who has put five shillings on a horse.
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I felt like love has been underrepresented - unironic love, just actually really falling in love.
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How do you grow up in the shadow of a guy - I want to talk about the movie in a second - but how do you grow up in the shadow of a guy who really is a legend in his own time?
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When I passed the age of 50, I learned how to control my emotions.
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I always have been an activist for things that were just authentically a part of my life, that I felt connected to.
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I realized there was racism because people thought, 'Oh, if you like roll 'n' roll, that makes you like a white kid.'
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Usually the characters I play are men of few words, who communicate in non-verbal ways.
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These are tough times, and the New Yorkers I have met are facing economic adversity with grace and dignity. They worry about their future, care about their neighbors and hope this storm will pass so they can focus on better days ahead.
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I have always tried my best to do what I thought was the right thing at the time.
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I don't have anything against my mom, but my family has no emotional connection to each other.
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Self-help books for those who believe You can have it all often advise, Follow your bliss and money will follow. With the collapse of the stock markets the reality of trade-offs is more like, When you follow your bliss, it’s money you’ll miss.
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Can the word ‘best’ mean anything at all, except to some particular person in some particular mood? Perhaps not - so if we allow the word to stand as an absolute, you, or you, or perhaps you, may be appalled at omissions or inclusions or, never having read me before, may even be impelled to cry out, ‘Good heavens, are those his best?’
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Who has not found the heaven below Will fail of it above. God’s residence is next to mine, His furniture is love.
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Some of my friends have urged me to tell people the basic story, but 'for God’s sake don’t mention the reptiles.'
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All you need do is listen to very smart people and sift out the ideas that are unworthy or implausible, and I wouldn't pretend for a moment that I hadn't made lots of mistakes and there are companies, perhaps, that we had been investors in.
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How do I know about a man's needs for a sex symbol? I'm a girl.
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I tend to stare at people and memorize what they're saying and how they say it.
