Colleen Patrick-Goudreau Quotes
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Dramas make me laugh. The other day, I saw 'The Place Beyond the Pines,' and I was giggling the whole time. I laugh when I'm uncomfortable.
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In the case of the classic Western helicopter parent, it starts with Baby Einstein and reward charts for toilet training, and it never really ends, which is why colleges have to devote so many resources to teaching parents how to leave their kids alone.
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I've done a lot of practical anthropology, living in villages with people and realizing how difficult it is to get out of poverty. When in poverty, people use their skill to avoid hunger. They can't use it for progress.
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The difficulty we have in accepting responsibility for our behavior lies in the desire to avoid the pain of the consequences of that behavior.
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It's a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president... except me.
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When I dealt with set theory, I could never make it be the music that I wanted.
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I never was in the Nation of Islam... I mean, what I call myself is a natural Muslim, 'cause it's just me and God. You know, going to the mosque, the ritual and the tradition, it's just not in me to do. So I don't do it.
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Good material is good material.
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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I was a very shy, overly big, kind of creepy-looking kid.
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The Clinton, Bush, and Obama administrations all fell victim to chronically relying on Beijing's empty promises with the distant hope that China would finally use its influence to reign in Pyongyang's provocative behavior, to no avail.
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Great necessities call out great virtues.
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Set realistic goals, keep re-evaluating, and be consistent.
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I'm not ashamed of it, but people would think I'm ashamed of Bieber. I got Bieber on my iPod.
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I have had a lot of good things happen, but I've also had a lot of terrible things happen.
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As far as I'm concerned... there's a side to an actor that wants to go on and play a thousand different roles.
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I like routine.
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There's nothing better than achieving your goals, whatever they might be.
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I'm kind of a pop culture stew, you know.
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If you can be anything else but a writer, be it.
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One of the things we're trying to do is view the China threat as not just a whole-of-government threat, but a whole-of-society threat on their end, and I think it's going to take a whole-of-society response by us.
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It's true that I'm not ashamed of my body. I'm comfortable, and I think more women should be more confident.
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How odd Of God To choose The Jews.
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Don't do nothing because you can't do everything. Do something. Anything.
