Bonnie Friedman Quotes
Envy is one of the scorpions of the mind, often having little to do with the objective, external world.
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Skin care is so much more important than makeup. Makeup is for when you're having fun and going out. But your skin is forever.
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Whatever God or whatever higher power you believe in, they brought us to this earth in a perfect way, and you have to learn to love yourself. Otherwise, it's an exhausting way to be.
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I think the NAACP isn't recognized enough for all of the work it does, especially in the field of law. They may have faded from view over the last couple of decades, but they are fighting the good fight.
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Set religion free, and a new humanity will begin.
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A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.
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For me to go to a restaurant and eat something that is not only good, but totally new, is a double thrill. Double the enjoyment.
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It's not all silliness, as interactive SXSW is filled with aggressive learning, discussing, and a whole lot of futurizing.
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Bragging about yourself violates norms of modesty and politeness - and if you were really competent, your work would speak for itself.
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I was not a fan of the Bush administration, as I think many of us were not.
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I've learned that I've got to keep level-headed.
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If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much.
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Sometimes, great collaboration is hard to nurture online, so doing so offline is the way to go.
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It's hard not to love everything Prada does.
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Texas is a country in its own. It's made up of half Mexico/half United States but completed mixed. I don't mean to draw a generalization but it is a place, a territory, that's really made up of all these encounters, you know?
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I think that basketball players should get the job done no matter how it looks on the screen.
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An inspiring word for me is to think of myself as limitless.
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Books give us insight into other people, other cultures. They make us laugh. They make us think. If they are really good, they make us believe that we are better for having read them. You don't read a book - you experience it. Every story opens up a new world.
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I am going to marry my novels and have little short stories for children.
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But you don't belong here! You're dead!" I sobbed against his chest. "Zo, babe, this is the Otherworld. It's not me who doesn't belong here – it's you.
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I'm a very physical person. I'm very tactile. I wrestled in college, so a lot of my communication with the world comes through physicality - what I take in and what I put out there.
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For me, I guess I feel like the notion of 'feel good' entertainment... I'm all for it, but I just think you really, really, really have to earn it. I'm not sure I have a lot of movies in me where I see a world that earns it.
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I sometimes question whether journalists here are being asked to take up roles that are not ours. I get calls from people complaining that their telephone is out of order or that electricity is cut, and I sometimes wonder why don't they call the telephone or electric company.
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Envy is one of the scorpions of the mind, often having little to do with the objective, external world.
