Edward Hallowell Quotes
In the world of ADD, there are only two times: there is now, and then there is not now.
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At one time or another, we have all faced the temptation to disconnect by giving someone the silent treatment. After being married to Joel for more than twenty-one years, I have learned that is not the best way to handle a disagreement.
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I don't really know if I'm writing the kind of roles that Meryl Streep and Julianne Moore would play. Jessica Lange on 'American Horror Story' is a little bit more my cup of tea.
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I want to come and play in cities and states where transgender citizens are not discriminated against, where there's no hateful bathroom bills at the shows where I'm going to be playing.
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Life starts at conception and must be protected from the first moment.
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I met Drew Barrymore, and she was so cool. She told me, 'I know I just had my baby three weeks ago, and that's why I'm emotional, but I cried when you performed.' And then she pulled out a tissue and said, 'Look, I was sobbing.'
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I realized my obligations to others should be greater than my obligations to myself.
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I'm actually really bad at the Internet. I'm never scouring it to find new artists or new anything.
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I'm pretty boring, as it turns out.
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I know people who are medicated and it's their favorite subject.
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The absence of state capacity - that is, of the services and protections that people in rich countries take for granted - is one of the major causes of poverty and deprivation around the world.
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We all have mental models: the lens through which we see the world that drive our responses to everything we experience. Being aware of your mental models is key to being objective.
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There's no big budget Canadian movie. Whatever movies are big budget in Canada come from the States. Or also have States financing. Everything's pretty small.
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Growing up, I really liked 'Star Wars.' Han Solo would've been really cool to meet. But my stuff was real low-brow. I was watching 'Bugs Bunny.'
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Innovation and commerce are as powerful tools for creating social progress as they are for driving technological advancement.
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I like to try out different methods to get to good songs.
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I had the perm because I wanted wash-and-wear hair. I didn't want to be bothered with it.
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I don't have to work with superstars - I want to work with cool artists that make super music.
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I saw an Elvis Presley movie Jailhouse Rock, where he gets out of jail and makes his own records and takes them to the radio stations himself. And then, he puts records in the store. After seeing that, I made records an put them in stores.
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Defending human rights should be an important objective of foreign policy, and that, too, will sometimes be hard to reconcile with an economic agenda, especially when it comes to dealing with rich but repressive players like China and Russia.
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The library was one more essential in the parade of rooms in a big 18th-century house - and part of the required kit ever afterwards. The important thing was to have the books, not actually read them.
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Giving my contribution to protect and respect the environment, as well as its inhabitants, makes me feel happy.
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It's not that I'm not willing to compromise. But I won't compromise on principles.
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In the world of ADD, there are only two times: there is now, and then there is not now.
