Taylor Momsen Quotes
I have my favourite black knife with me all the time. It's a switchblade. It relaxes me to flick it.
Quotes to Explore
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Comfort and luxury are usually the chief requirements of life for your ego - its top priorities tend to be accumulations, achievements, and the approval of others.
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There are so many songs in my heart and in my brain. I wake up at 2 in the morning, and I have to get up and sing them. There are so many of them, it's ridiculous.
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I am a story-teller, and I look to academic research... for ways of augmenting story-telling.
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Courtship is like simmering mutton. You cook for hours and hours to taste the soft meat. It doesn't happen in two seconds!
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Stories about the ongoing dramas in our lives as we age are not being told because women find it difficult to be honest about what's going on - about, for example, our heightened sexuality as we age or about living in a society that only values youth.
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I was with the Jessie Bonstelle Stock Company in Detroit and Buffalo for three seasons - 10 performances and a new play every week. She was an amazing woman who did a great deal for me.
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Certainly, if we had not invaded Iraq on intelligence that was clearly manipulated and cherry picked, we would be in a different position today.
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Our leaders must hear us speaking on behalf of our brothers and sisters in South Sudan. If the moral duty to save lives and work toward peace is not compelling enough to drive decision-makers, we must remind them that we care and will hold them accountable.
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Since grief only aggravates your loss, grieve not for what is past.
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In politics, strangely enough, the best way to play your cards is to lay them face upwards on the table.
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My goal in life was to pursue the good life.
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All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
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In my role as a spokesperson for Amnesty International U.S.A. and as a supporter of various charitable causes including Unlock Iran, a campaign to release prisoners of conscience in Iran, I have never been faced with the threat of intimidation or arrest.
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As Mayor, I will use my experience to make San Francisco a place where small businesses can thrive.
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Fact is, inventing an innovative business model is often mostly a matter of serendipity.
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For people who think of chicken as the meat choice of those-who-don't-really-like-meat, brining a bird will be a revelation.
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I don't believe anyone who says they don't care what people say about them. Of course they bloody well do.
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I was always a bit different. I had a very happy childhood, but I could never hang on to mates.
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Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.
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I think the most important foundation about any relationship is just being honest. You've got to. My wife and I are honest to a fault with each other, and we're best friends on top of it, so we're very fortunate.
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I've been grateful that 'Time's' reach and mandate is so broad; anything you're interested in, you can usually write about.
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'Bonfire' was kicking around for a very long time. It was an idea I wanted to explore for a television show. Then I was given this weird gift of time when 'Jessica Jones' finished season one. I got really organized and just kind of banged it out, but it took a long time. It took two years to even have a first draft.
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WikiLeaks is exposing our government officials for the frauds that they are. They also show us how governments work together to lie to their citizens when they are waging war.
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I have my favourite black knife with me all the time. It's a switchblade. It relaxes me to flick it.
