Bette Greene Quotes
And taking care of somebody else made me feel good. Like discovering you're more than you thought you were. More even than you hoped to be.
Bette Greene
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People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs.
Abdolkarim Soroush
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When I fell for Johnny Galecki, we both knew immediately that we had this connection, and that was it.
Kaley Cuoco
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With a popular show, you know that there's expectations there, so that's a little nerve-wracking when you're new and you're just trying to find your legs on something, but it's exciting, too, because that's what we work so hard for.
Aaron Ashmore
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Isaac Singer was born in Poland and doesn't write in English. Still, he's an American.
Irwin Shaw
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A distinction between renewable and not renewable energy is academic.
Carlo Rubbia
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For me, awards are a token of respect that people are giving me. So no matter how many awards I am receiving, I always feel emotional.
Lata Mangeshkar
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Tired minds don't plan well. Sleep first, plan later.
Walter Reisch
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Well, I think everything I've ever read contributes to the background from which I write.
Jack Vance
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Two things are vital for me. I've always had people who protected me, and I've always had people who helped me. Before I decide, I consult with three, four people who I trust.
Hansjorg Wyss
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When I came to America, I was already a writer, already published in Bosnia. I was planning to go back, but I had no choice but to stay here after the civil war, so I enrolled at Northwestern in a master's program and studied American literature.
Aleksandar Hemon
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Too many lives go up in smoke - It's nice to laugh but don't be the joke.
Janet Jackson
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You refused to fall in love with anyone else, Dmitri.” A whisper with the impact of a gun-shot. “So I had to come back for you . . . husband.
Nalini Singh
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Most people who meet my wife quickly conclude that she is remarkable. They are right about this. She is smart, funny and thoroughly charming... Often, after hearing her speak at some function or working with her on a project, people will approach me and say something to the effect of "You know, I think the world of you, Barack, but your wife... wow!"
Barack Obama
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I have three children and three dogs. You put them in a Prius, you know? People who have a Prius obviously have no life! No wife, no kids, no pets - there's no room in there for anything!
P. J. O'Rourke
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Philosophies fall away like sand, and creeds follow on another like the withered leaves of Autumn.
Oscar Wilde
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Personally, I resent being tagged ‘glamour girl.’ It’s such an absurd, extravagant label. It implies so much that I’m not.
Carole Lombard
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It is an ambassador's duty to stand up for his nation's foreign policy in any era and under any government whatsoever. Ambassadors are, in the full meaning of the term, titled spies.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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I want to meet a woman that will make me stop and listen to what she has to say. I want a woman who will make my jaw drop in awe. A woman that has little time for me. One who does not throw herself at me. One who respects herself who has a sense of herself. Where is she
Henry Rollins
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