George Ella Lyon Quotes
I just know when I quit looking to other people for directions, I found my own map.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.
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I suppose I often think of my writing as quite impersonal. But it turned out, when my father died, writing was exactly what I wanted to do.
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Parents, teachers, and other school staff need the tools to help these young people early in their lives. And the earlier, the better. It is proven that early action prevents problems later in life.
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If my career path takes me elsewhere, that's great. But comedy is my forte.
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I try to basically keep my opinions to myself when it comes to people who are charged with crimes that I don't know anything about.
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If you are ambitious to talk well, you must be as much as possible in the society of well-bred, cultured people. If you seclude yourself, though you are a college graduate, you will be a poor converser.
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As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
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Marriage isn't something you agree to do one day, and if things don't go right, then it's over.
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The mainstream media has chosen their candidates and their issues, and they're not the same as the GOP's. They are going to be painted as the bad guys.
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The coolest thing about the series is that we stay very true to the books; it would be silly for us not to, because the books are exactly what the fans want to see. There's an action side to it, which I love, and there are werewolves now. There aren't just vampires. There's a wolf pack.
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I like teaching and the contact with young minds keeps one on one's toes.
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It's always fun to agree to be in a movie when you have no idea what it's actually going to be!
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Humility is a great quality of leadership which derives respect and not just fear or hatred.
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I'm pretty terrible at writing, so the way I kind of therapeutically get through things is by drawing.
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That's a real problem when people bring exotics into their homes. Sometimes it's by accident, but sometimes it's on purpose.
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So many organizations have a mentoring arm, but they don't really do it. Their idea of mentoring a kid is giving them general advice. But what they need to do is read with children.
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When women work together, it's a bond unlike any other.
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Normally I sleep in until 7, and most days, I go right into the office. On Tuesdays, though, I stay home and do work. I need a day when I'm not in meeting after meeting. You need time to try to get into your head again and see what's next.
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On my 50th birthday in 2005, my discount-wielding AARP card came in the mail. I hurled it in the trash, put on something fabulous, and had a decadent meal. Just the thought of putting it in my wallet felt like a concession.
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A person could look at me through ninety-five per cent of my experience and know that I had no shot. Because I was so unreliable. The only thing you could rely on me for was to betray you.
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I think it bothers people to see people that are happy and successful. So they try to find what's wrong with them.
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I just know when I quit looking to other people for directions, I found my own map.
