Nora Raleigh Baskin Quotes
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I particularly like Hershey's chocolate - the kind which has almonds in it.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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Cultures and races are mixing in a very organic way in the world, and that should be reflected in film and television.
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The atmosphere seems to change once the sun goes down and the race fans get to watch a good show.
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After the second and final time that I got hugely fat in my life and when I lost that weight six or seven years ago, I pretty much decided that I was going to stay in decent shape for the rest of my life.
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If you look at any normal organization, the CEO is the person with the highest E.Q. The person with the highest IQ is often in the back room running the financials or the operations. That's topsy turvy.
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There was an ingredient used in perfumes and remedies in the Middle Ages called 'momie' that is certainly one of the most fascinating I've come across.
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Because of my crazy work schedule, I have become something of a master at changing my clothes while driving. The men driving next to me love it.
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North Americans don't understand... that our country is not just Cuba; our country is also humanity.
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Recently, a friend sent me the online musings of a televangelist who advised his thousands of followers that the Federal Reserve achieved satanic ends by manipulating the world's money supply. Paranoia has replaced piety.
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I had an instinct to gravitate towards people who were smarter than I was, teachers that were nice people that were trying to do things in life that were constructive, and that's what I gravitated to instead of what I saw and what I was in.
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Sometimes shooting on a smaller scale, as long as things don't blow out of proportion, is very liberating.
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I never wanted to be a movie star.
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The VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston Strangler is to the woman alone.
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I'm a comedian, and my comedy has never endorsed violence towards gays.
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There can only be one state of mind as you approach any profound test; total concentration, a spirit of togetherness, and strength.
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A clock struck out the hour of twelve, and the bird in the hedgerow was still singing as we marched out to the roadway, and followed our merry pipers home to town.
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Only allow yourself to think negative thoughts and/or complain about anything for three minutes, three times a day.
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The kids have all seen it on DVD or videotape.
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It was horrifying. You wouldn't believe how people are treated there. You could see that these people had withdrawn so far that they just lived in their own minds. They did terrible things to themselves.
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I think I should be objective, call 'em as I see 'em. Stay the Tooz.
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The mind commands the body and is instantly obeyed. The mind commands itself and meets resistance. The mind commands the hand to move, and it so easy that one hardly distinguishes the order from its execution. Yet mind is mind and hand is body. The mind orders the mind to will. The recipient of the order is itself, yet it does not perform it.
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I think the point about ActionAid is what it's asking people to do is engage with poor people in developing countries and understand what their lives are like and understand how the way we live our lives impacts on theirs.
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Know how to live with the time that is given you.
