Tamora Pierce Quotes
I come from a dysfunctional family, so my views of parents and parenting used to be highly mixed.

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We are slaves to whatever we don't understand.
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Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
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I think talent makes me really attracted to someone more than anything.
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Now is the only thing that exists.
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I did almost two years on 'One Life to Live,' so I was thinking, 'Oh yeah, I'm an actor now.'
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I have never been asked to be in a movie musical. Other than 'Yentl,' which I didn't sing in.
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Businesses fail when they over-invest in what is at the expense of what could be.
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I have so much drive and passion for this industry and the creative arts, and I want other kids to have that kind of drive, and to have a fire in their belly for whatever industry that they want to get into.
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I am more afraid of those who are terrified of the devil than I am of the devil himself.
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I don't think there is much value in trying to use the moon as a base to go to Mars. That's going into one gravity belt and having to get back out of it again. And the moon doesn't have a lot to offer as a resource base.
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I think you have to do certain things in the pilot to get your network's attention - to break through... So maybe you push a little further in the first show.
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Sometimes I hope that through osmosis I might get a workout - just by wearing the clothes.
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I don't aspire to have high approval ratings. I aspire, in light of my two predecessors, to be the most honest governor I can be. I'd rather focus on honesty than popularity.
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Movies I liked growing up were like Francis Ford Coppolla movies and Scorsese movies.
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I believe in reincarnation of the soul.
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You have, in America, you have gang signs. Well, 5,000 years ago, there was thing called a mudra, which is your sitting position when you do yoga or you're meditating or you're praying or whatever. And there's not a lot of them that are named after gods and goddesses, but the middle-finger is specifically named the Matangi mudra.
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The only ones who like Milton Berle are his mother - and the public.
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I don't ever want to be sad about my life.
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I don't ever believe in violence as a kind of medicine.
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I was honestly a Catholic.
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As the Earth continues to slow, leap seconds will grow more common. Eventually we will need one every year, and then even more. Scientists could have avoided these awkward skips by choosing instead to adjust the duration of the second itself. Who would notice? That is what they did, in fact, until 1955.
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I think my faith is important. Being young as well, sometimes it's difficult, but I've got a good family behind me as well.
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I understand what it's like to come with your family, and to uproot yourself and come to another culture. You need a lot of support. People say, 'She's got her daughter; she's got her husband.' Yeah, but she hasn't got anyone else.
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I come from a dysfunctional family, so my views of parents and parenting used to be highly mixed.