Cecily von Ziegesar (Cecily Brooke von Ziegesar) Quotes
I always resented books that tried to teach a lesson, where the characters are too good: They don't swear, they tell their mothers everything.
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Our music doesn't make many compromises, but we take it into a venue that's larger than people expect.
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A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.
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Do your eye shadow first, then your foundation. That way, you can clean up any mess without starting all over again.
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In some ways, with the security challenges this country has faced, we have had to put in rules and regulations for business to be able to sustain their growth and create jobs.
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Even before it opened its retail arm, Beigh was renowned among pashmina cognoscenti for the quality and complexity of the work produced in its workshop, a large, airy, sunlit rectangle of a room directly across from its second-floor shop.
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William Shatner has one style. We have completely contrasting personalities. We're very good friends. I adore him, but we're very different people, so they were smart enough to write characters that reflected that.
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Back in the day, I used to read 'Archie,' but I haven't been a comic book aficionado.
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The paradox of being in an industry where other people are usually the gatekeepers: publishers, editors - there are a lot of barriers to having control over your career. But coming out of hip-hop, the mindset was always to create your own.
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My friend had a funny remark; he told me everybody has something – some people have a big butt, some people are insecure and at least you know what it is, even if it's a lump on your head. I know I have a lump on my head.
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While 'Friends' was about a 20-something population and what they were going through, they were also dealing with issues with their family.
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'A Pirate Looks at 40,' we had to do that song. I've been covering that forever.
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Power, privilege, and violence are not, and never were, strictly Southern issues in America.
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Such dainties to them, their health it might hurt;It's like sending them ruffles, when wanting a shirt.
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Woo ah, mercy mercy me.Ah things ain't what they used to be, no no.Where did all the blue skies go?
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What ultimately happened is that my country had a war. I think it would be extraordinary, as a writer, not to want to write about that.
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Especially when it comes to something like the awards, I find it kind of baffling that 'True Blood' has been snubbed so many times given the incredible range of acting they have on there; I mean, incredible storytelling and the incredible production values.
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We all have an entrepreneur in us; it's just whether we choose the tradeoffs to become one.
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I'm a really good team player. That's what it takes to work in the theater. That's what it takes to work in a band with musicians and writers.
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'Dr Who' is an extraordinary association that I have because I didn't realise until I was in the show quite how worldwide it is and how popular and how dear it is to so many people's hearts.
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The position that I take partly as a result of living in Asia is where you stop living according to your expectations and you become available to experience things as they are.
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Will biofuel usage require land? Absolutely, but we think the ability to use winter cover crops, degraded land, as well as using sources such as organic waste, sewage, and forest waste means that actual land usage will be limited. Just these sources can replace most of our imported oil by 2030 without touching new land.
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Like most people - unless they're very practised at it or have no warm blood at all in their veins - I feel a little apprehensive about the red carpet. It's always a bit bewildering when people are taking pictures and asking questions before the ceremony.
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I love oatmeal. To me, it's not boring. I agree that ordinary oatmeal is very boring, but not the steel-cut Irish kind - the kind that pops in your mouth when you bite into it in little glorious bursts like a sort of gummy champagne.
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I always resented books that tried to teach a lesson, where the characters are too good: They don't swear, they tell their mothers everything.
