Gail Sheehy Quotes
My husband, Clay Felker, died 17 years after his first cancer due to secondary conditions that developed from treatment.
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The directors told me they were going to recruit good players with whom I could play decent football. Marko Marin, Oscar and me, we like to have the ball at our feet. Juan Mata likes the ball; so does Ramires.
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We put more emphasis on who can drive a car than on who can be a parent. And I think there ought to be mandatory parenting classes starting in high school, and you should have to have a license to be able to be a parent to explain that you don't give alcohol to kids.
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There are days where you do everything right and nothing goes in your favour.
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If I get in a dark spot, I'll listen to some Adele and cry about it.
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I write 'Broad City,' so I connect it to me.
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The training of younger generations is very close to my heart.
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There are a lot of people in Congress who would never have made a great career or fortune in any other profession. But after they spend a while hanging out with the rich guys, they begin to feel they've been undervalued, and that an eventual seven-figure income as a lobbyist isn't just an opportunity, it's their due.
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I used to be someone that needed nine hours of sleep; otherwise, I didn't think I was going to sound good when I sang, and I was very disciplined and anal about my preparation. When you become a parent, there just isn't that time, you know?
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I'm not afraid of failing. I don't like to fail. I hate to fail. But I'm not afraid of it.
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Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
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I was a gymnast when I was little, like 8, 9, 10.
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My idea is just to do something different each time; the next thing I do has to be completely different to the thing I've done before - that's what I try and do, because you know, I'm an actor, not a film star.
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Sorrel adds a unique grassy sharpness to salads and dressings, but it can be hard to come by.
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I don't care about revenues.
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I wish I were kind of normal. It would be so much more simple.
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This is the beauty of fiction. We may not like these characters, but we inhabit them.
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A good indignation brings out all one's powers.
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To oppose something is to maintain it.
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Equally striking is the fact that racial anti-Semitism was not taken seriously even by the great majority of Nazis. ‘It is just a catchword to attract voters’ was a standing phrase which everybody repeated and believed, and that I took it seriously was more than once regarded as definite proof of my stupidity and gullibility.
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We are bombarded with reasons to stay inside: we're afraid of mosquitoes because of West Nile and grass because of pesticides and sun because of cancer and sunscreen because of vitamin-D deficiency.
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I'm just a husband waltzing in the background.
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Life can't be all bad when for ten dollars you can buy all the Beethoven sonatas and listen to them for ten years.
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My husband, Clay Felker, died 17 years after his first cancer due to secondary conditions that developed from treatment.
