Bonnie Friedman Quotes
To gain the book, one must give up all hope for the book. It is the only way the book can get written.
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I need a hobby, and I don't want it to be basketball. I want it to be music. So to get away from music, I do other music.
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For a very long time now I've been saying to young women, 'You can have it all, but not all at the same time.' How important it is to take very good care of yourself, of your mental and physical and spiritual wellbeing; it's hard to do. It's easier to be a workaholic than to have a truly balanced life.
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Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.
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I thought I'd be doing weird, Off Broadway theater after I graduated.
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All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and unclouded pleasure are contained within the knowledge and love of God.
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You should always leave the party 10 minutes before you actually do.
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I have many debates now with friends on the changes, and the continuing confusion over bringing up your children, instilling values, letting them make the right choices.
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I don't know much about football. I know what a goal is, which is surely the main thing about football.
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I think we all attract troublemakers; I don't think it's particularly about anyone. I had it actually as an album title, and I thought it would be really cool to write a song about a girl that's a bit of troublemaker.
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Sometimes I feel like if I'm not getting people to boo me, then I'm not doing my job right.
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It's hard to be serious in life.
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I'd like to go back to standup. I don't like to think I've done my last gig. At the moment it terrifies me, I get really nervous. It's a great buzz when it goes well.
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Would it be a surprise if entrepreneurs recoil at the thought of consciously courting any person who has more power and money than they have?
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I sometimes think that being widowed is God's way of telling you to come off the Pill.
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I started in live television and I've done a lot of live TV and that's really the thing that I love best. I love flying by the seat of my pants.
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I think plays have nothing to do with one's own personal life. Not in my experience, anyway. The stuff of drama has to do, not with your subject matter, anyway, but with how you treat it. Drama includes pain, loss, regret - that's what drama is about!
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I think everybody has a bent, and the key is to follow that bent. So much human wastage comes from people who are doing things with their lives that they really aren't happy with.
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The thing about Uggs is that they're so comfortable. Once you've worn them, you don't want to go back.
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Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can't even think what to hope for when they throw a penny in a fountain.
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I think I would envy me too, if I didn't know me better.
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I had such a supportive family, and I think that affects your life in such a profound way; it fortifies you completely.
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All my films have some kind of statement about something - but I have to coat it with entertainment to make it palatable. Otherwise it becomes a polemic, and people don't want to see it. If you're trying to get a message out to people, you've got to entertain them at the same time.
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At the end of the day, people have the right to have opinions. I have the right to have an opinion. And I have the right to say what I want on my music 'cause it's my music. If you don't like it, don't click on it, don't download it.
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To gain the book, one must give up all hope for the book. It is the only way the book can get written.
