Zoe Akins (Zoe Byrd Akins) Quotes
Nothing seems so tragic to one who is old as the death of one who is young, and this alone proves that life is a good thing.
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You win some, lose some, and wreck some.
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I'll hear people say every so often that having HIV must not be so bad - 'Just look at Magic and how well he's doing.'
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What is Norah Jones' style? Is it just the albums that we've heard? She has a rock group where she plays guitar in, downtown in New York, so do we really know her style?
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It didn't scare me to be vulnerable because I think that's when you get something great.
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Kids have a great sense of humour. If you don't, you're going to miss out.
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We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.
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I think you could ask 10 English people the same question about class and get a very different answer.
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Our family suffers from a hereditary condition called, generally, mental illness. Specifically, multiple family members in successive generations have suffered from either bipolar disorder or schizophrenia.
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I have to recognize that my voice is attached to my body, which gets tired.
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If people want to find me, they can. They'll see a middle-aged woman wandering around the grocery store, looking to see what to buy for dinner.
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I have had the good fortune to be able to climb the highest mountain on each of the seven continents. I have enjoyed the freedom I had gained from building a successful business from scratch, making some money, and creating the lifestyle I wanted.
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Basically, I'm living the life of an actress in L.A. And I've recently had some pretty good fortune.
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Everyone asks me why someone Turkish is making Greek yogurt. In Greece, it is not called 'Greek yogurt.' Everywhere in the world it is called 'strained yogurt.' But because it was introduced in this country by a Greek company, they called it 'Greek yogurt.'
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'Great Expectations' has become one of my favorite books.
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In this digital age, there is no place to hide behind public relations people. This digital age requires leaders to be visible and authentic and to be able to communicate the decisions they've made and why they've made them, to be able to acknowledge when they've made a mistake and to move forward, to engage in the debate.
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I have ideas all of the time from the beginning, but they never really wind up turning out like I thought they would.
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Christianity affects your whole life. I feel I'm more competitive, a better player, but off the field is where there is always a battle.
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I don't worry about chemicals. There are enough chemicals entering my body through all the fizzy drinks I consume to worry if my lip balm is 100 per cent organic.
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I represent the interests of almost 90,000 human beings in our system. That's by far my first and foremost commitment.
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I care about the match. I don't care about, you know, other things. It's like if I'm not happy, it's okay. I want just to be happy, you know. If I'm not happy, fine. Have it, you know.
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I hope it is true that a man can die and yet not only live in others but give them life, and not only life, but that great consciousness of life.
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The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.
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The darkest hour in any man's life is when he sits down to plan how to get money without earning it.
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Nothing seems so tragic to one who is old as the death of one who is young, and this alone proves that life is a good thing.
