Betsy Prioleau Quotes
With the spread of conformity and image-driven superficiality, the allure of an individuated woman in full possession of herself and her powers will prove irresistible. We were born for plenitude and inner fulfillment.
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Fiction basically is a form of gossip where you want to enter other people's lives, the lives of people you don't know, and you want to know what's going to happen to them.
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On the whole, I don't like reading long books. I'm not a fan of 'Ulysses.' And I haven't quite finished 'War and Peace.'
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Live rich, die poor; never make the mistake of doing it the other way round.
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If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons.
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Barbarism is needed every four or five hundred years to bring the world back to life. Otherwise it would die of civilization.
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We need to take music out of the ivory tower - both for musicians and for the public. Otherwise, classical music will not survive the 21st century.
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During exposure, interference takes place between the incident rays and those reflected by the mirror, with the formation of interference fringes half a wavelength distant from each other.
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Don't let your sins turn into bad habits.
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I have this wonderful personal chef who sources and stocks all my organic produce and I basically live on five smoothies a day. I'm totally vegan. I blend this green concoction with kale, cucumber, broccoli, string beans, avocado. My protein comes from protein powder. There is absolutely no milk, butter, cheese.
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When I think of the most beautiful women, they're not supermodels.
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I never made a movie I would not take my family to see.
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When I was old enough to walk home alone from school, I loved seeing our house from a distance. It sat on the corner of South Muirfield Road and West 4th Street and had this proud, majestic look. But I rarely went through the front door. The back was more dramatic.
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I think I started to have thoughts to really want to be serious about my work when I was about twenty-five, and I just kind of started to look into that direction and moved into it.
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I am not afraid that the book will be controversial, I'm afraid it will not be controversial.
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Terrorism is not new to black people.
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I always thought I was powerful, since I was a kid.
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No man is ever whipped until he quits in his own mind.
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In the age of cellphone cameras, everybody thinks of themselves as a tracker.
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Seek for good, but expect evil.
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I think it's natural for a creative to be sensitive. If I'm in the studio and I write something, I think it's the greatest thing in the world; it's like my baby. I just made something out of thin air that exists now in a tangible form. It's the biggest thrill in my life.
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You do have to overcome the child's thinking that this new woman, who is not their mother, is going to be in their lives.
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Every human being is born without faith. Faith comes only through the process of making decisions to change before we can be sure it's the right move.
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With the spread of conformity and image-driven superficiality, the allure of an individuated woman in full possession of herself and her powers will prove irresistible. We were born for plenitude and inner fulfillment.
