Cynthia Lord Quotes
Wishes are slippery things. You have to be very specific or you can get exactly what you wished for and still end up with nothing.
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To be a great motorbike racer, the most important thing is passion for the bike.
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We got into all the trouble you could ever imagine. We figured that if the Jones boys and all the gangsters ran Chicago, we had our own territory now. All the stores, all the crime, we were in charge of everything, my stepbrother and my brother.
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It's pretty neat to be able to help the team in different ways.
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Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of so living your life that others can receive your orders without being humiliated.
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The hooks didn't roll out any more sevens than my hands did before them.
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I truly believe that God has given us few brain cells, and you have to direct them to the right things that make you happy.
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I've done two 'Hamlets,' two 'Lears,' three 'Midsummer Night's Dreams' - I've done most of these plays more than once, and every time I direct them, I learn things.
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I did not believe that the public was sophisticated enough to understand that a newsman could wear several hats and that we had the ability to turn off - nearly, you can't say perfectly, but nearly - all of our prejudices and biases.
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The State of Israel is a state that was formed before the people were even in it. You have to understand: In India, in Burma, in Pakistan - all of the people were already there. Their problem was for the English to leave so they could be independent.
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Whether you're a Twitter follower, a YouTube subscriber or a Facebook friend, natural social instinct is to collect people and to not kind of see them later. But unfortunately, with social media, you collect them and they're in your life, whether you really want them or not.
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We don't have a culture of realistic acting in India.
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I have a great life and I'm super active.
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There were times when chemo would eat my body, but I told myself that I have the strength and courage to win and come out stronger.
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Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.
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I've had people in the family, male and female, impacted by heart disease. But people can prevent it.
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I found I had the ability to do comedy. My timing was really inborn.
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I love action-adventure-type films - mythical adventures like 'Lord of the Rings' or superhero films like 'Batman.'
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People would say, 'Can I hug you?' And I would say, 'Yes, you can hug me! We're fellow New Yorkers!'
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No place is ever as bad as they tell you it's going to be.
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I was studying to be a dental hygienist and working as a dental assistant. I met a photographer and decided to put my job on hold for just a summer to begin modeling.
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You could attach prices to ideas. Some cost a lot some little. … And how do you pay for ideas? I believe: with courage.
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Wishes are slippery things. You have to be very specific or you can get exactly what you wished for and still end up with nothing.
