Ellen Raskin Quotes
Life, too, is senseless unless you know who you are, what you want, and which way the wind blows.
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It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did.
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My grandfather arrived in Houston in 1942 as a refugee from Nazi Germany. He had lost everything - his profession, his language, his money - but the city welcomed him, as it has hundreds of thousands of immigrants over the years.
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People always say 'humbling,' but I actually think it's quite inflating being nominated for an award. It's wonderful; it's a great feeling.
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I don't want to build any image for myself. I don't want people to say, 'He does only a certain type of role.' I don't want only to be the hero of the story. An actor's weakness is the different roles that he can't do. But I am keen to grab only those roles as I am here to challenge myself.
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I believe in luck. My luck's real streaky.
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I always wanted pink hair.
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Children in their young teens are just moving into the moment when they are most receptive to philosophy and psychology. You can explore these things in stories and, in doing so, give them power and control.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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We have an obligation to spread amateur baseball both at home and abroad. Building up the game at all levels - Little League, Babe Ruth Leagues, the colleges - is in our own self-interest. That's where the pool of talent is - and also of fans.
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Choosing a spouse with religion in mind is not always a mistake, especially if your heritage and your faith are important parts of who you are. The trick is, as always, to recognize a good thing when you see it - and never mistake the bad for something more.
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I don't ever remember not praying. Bedtime prayers, the rosary, praying for friends, relatives, for the sick and for those who had died. It was a natural part of our lives.
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I'm enslaved to writing to the point where I sacrifice almost everything else.
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Unfortunately, I think there's not enough education about hydration. When I was young, we knew nothing about it. We all know that there's cases of athletes having serious issues because of dehydration and even dying.
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Uncertainty doesn't make life worth living, quite, but it does make striving and gambling worth attempting.
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There are, of course, deeply sincere people of religion in different parts of the world who genuinely fight on the side of the poor, but they are usually in conflict with organised religion themselves.
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It was a big-time change, coming off the bench.
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I enjoy watching Fear Factor, Newlyweds and American Idol as far as reality TV shows go.
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If I'm staying in a hotel or I'm sleeping on my own I have the hairdryer on.
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Writing is one way to go about thinking, and the practice and habit of writing not only drain the mind but supply it, too.
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My whole goal in life was to reach that certain success where people will say, 'Hey, that guy can do anything. He's the Evel Knievel of music. He's jumping over 15 buses!'
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I want a life of good sport, good people and the competition that goes with it.
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Life, too, is senseless unless you know who you are, what you want, and which way the wind blows.
