Patricia Cornwell Quotes
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If we could all figure out a way to just be true to ourselves and have a good time doing what we're doing, it would be a lot more fun.
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As the years go by, I've added a few pounds on, and I like it. I like it that I look a little softer.
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Seriously, 'Honey Boo Boo' is the decay of Western civilization. Just because so many people watch the show doesn't mean it's good.
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The question we all face is what sort of culture we will live in for the rest of our lives and then hand on to the next generation - one that embraces these most basic of values, or one that collapses because of their absence.
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Jewish, black, Filipino, whatever the specificity is, it's specificity that makes a good story. And I think people are tired of seeing the same old shtick on network television. It's just a group of white people hanging out talking about their jobs. Who cares? We've seen that.
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Jenna's traveled with me; they've both traveled with their dad. This is the only time they've been old enough in all of their dad's campaigns to really be involved in.
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All peoples have contributed to the overall progress and enhancement of human life.
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Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.
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The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism.
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A woman caring for her children; a woman striving to excel in the private sector; a woman partnering with her neighbors to make their street safer; a woman running for office to improve her country - they all have something to offer, and the more our societies empower women, the more we receive in return.
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Kennedy had made a mess in Cuba at the Bay of Pigs. He had to do something to look good. The Apollo program of going to the Moon was quite a goal.
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I think the process is one of using the camera and sound in the way a detective uses a magnifying glass: to find the clues. They're discovery devices, not performance devices - you're watching things the way a cat does. You're not judging. You're there to witness something.
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People always worry that buying tech products today carries a risk of obsolescence. Most of the time, that fear is overblown.
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I hope everybody enjoys our input on 'Black Water' - it sure was a lot of fun getting to record it.
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Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.
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To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we 'know' that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not more terrible than one death fully imagined.
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I'm vehemently against population transfer. I'm against expelling anyone from his house, ever - whether it be a Jew or an Arab.
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It was a woman who drove me to drink, and I never had the courtesy to thank her for it.
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As opposed to putting too much confidence in myself, or in an image or a scene or a set of brushes, I really want to allow the oil paint to perform, to show me the things that it wants to do, beyond my imagination.
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Organizations are trying to save extra money. Players are trying to get extra money. That's the way it is.
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The first thing I wrote was a one-act play that got accepted at a one-act play festival, and I was in it along with Nathan Lane and a couple of other very good actors.
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The Republican Party is bringing out here onto the floor of Congress an all-out assault on the protection of the rights of people who work in the fields of our country, in the factories of our country, in the offices of our country.
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I think the ability to focus is a thread that runs through so-called successful people. And that's something that can be developed. It can be self-taught.
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I'm very, very sensitive to pain and to people who suffer.
