Jack McDevitt Quotes
And because she so desperately wanted it to be true, she knew she could not manage an objective judgment.
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At first, before you meet her, you're like, 'I'm gonna meet Angelina Jolie! I'm talking to Angelina Jolie!' And then, within a matter of five minutes, you're like, 'Oh, I'm just talking to my director,' and it's just back to work. She really is all about the work. She's so surprisingly down-to-earth.
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I am fighting vigorously for less spending, less waste and limited government. I strongly believe that the more government grows, the less freedom Americans have.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.
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The manager accepts the status quo; the leader challenges it.
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I very much want to be in the business of creating content, of doing stories all over the world rather than figuring out what the business model is for 'Newsweek' on the iPad, although that's very important work as well.
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Live shows are pretty much like the center of the storm... where the power comes from, the most raw experience. That's the juice. That's where we hit the hardest.
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Because I'm a designer, I'm quite good when I shop. I know what I'm looking for.
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It's so hard to be the girl in a country song, so we're speaking up.
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So we're living by that sword, and we're going to cut every now and then from it's backlash.
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When I remember my life in Russia it is in totally dark colours.
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The thing that's changed the way I do my stand-up act is having kids and getting older and wiser and smarter. There might be a joke or two in the past that I wish I hadn't done, but in the past, you can't have it back.
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I don't listen to my old stuff very often at all.
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To communicate the truths of history is an act of hope for the future.
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I'm good at working, but I'm very good at playing.
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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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I remember my father, when I said I was going down to Little Rock to work for Governor Clinton's run for president, he thought maybe somebody needed to check the medication cabinet. He thought somebody was playing around with it. He had never heard of him, he said. I said, 'Well, I think he's going to be the next President of the United States.'
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I really like to cook.
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I have an incredibly supportive husband and family and an incredibly well-adjusted daughter.
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I forget about myself and tend to concentrate too much on others.
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I want to have freedom with everything I do.
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An Oscar clears the deck of envy and resentment. You think, 'Well, I've got that. I can relax now.'
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You ought to know how to rise above the trivialities of life, in which most people are found drowning themselves.
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And because she so desperately wanted it to be true, she knew she could not manage an objective judgment.
