Patricia MacLachlan Quotes
Each time I write a new piece, whether a novel, a picture book, a speech or anything, really, it has so much to do with what I'm going through personally or a problem I'm trying to work out. When I wrote my novel 'Baby,' my three children had all just gone out the door.
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I've always been proud that my name stands for peace.
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For the most part, I don't have a Facebook page; I don't Twitter.
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In its worse forms, conservatism is a matter of 'I hate strangers and anything that's different.'
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The security and the future of Jordan is hand-in-hand with the future of the Palestinians and the Israelis.
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This is just strictly me wanting to make a record that is the real deal. It is all the stuff that I have learned and know that I remember. It's what I perceive as country music is about.
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I've been a big astrophysics nut since I was 12. I have always had a real soft spot for the bizarreness of quantum mechanics. But I gave up on being a scientist in high school - I'm just not that good at math.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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I'm a weekday warrior who takes our Georgia values to Washington, and on the weekends, I'm back home.
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For me, to just have my own shoe is unbelievable. As a kid, you see Jordans and wonder what that feels like to have your own shoe, and the fact that I have one is really surreal.
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I find it slightly absurd that the only thing we consume more of than water is concrete.
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There are times as an actor when you don't work for two months, sometimes three or sometimes six, and the only thing that's going to keep you sane is if you give back and live your life. I've definitely gone through that. It's like, 'Okay, I'm out of work for two months.' That's two months I can paint.
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My home is attached to a study - in fact, my home is my study, and I have a little room to sleep in. I need to write looking onto the street or a landscape. Looking at reality from some distance gives me romantic visions.
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Whenever you do an animated project or a voice-over project it's inevitable that part of your personality comes into play.
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Living without hate for people is almost impossible.
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I played Miley Cyrus' grandma on 'Hannah Montana,' and the first time I was on, they said, 'We love having veterans like you on because she's like a little sponge, and she's really appreciative of all the veterans that are coming on the show, and we just love that you're teaching her.'
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I am the daughter of Nigerian immigrants. My mother is a survivor of both polio and of the Igbo genocide during her country's civil war in the late 1960s.
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I had great mentors in my parents who always sought to understand the world around them. And they would push me to really think things through.
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What we aim to do, through public pressure, is help the environment protection bureau to enforce the law.
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There are a lot of things that frustrate me. I get frustrated when I have to wait at a red light.
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The idea that an individual can find God is terribly self-centered. It is like a wave thinking it can find the sea.
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Those individuals from the far left, and I'm talking about the Hollywood elitists and the United Nations and those individuals want us to believe it's because we are contributing CO
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Once the races begin it's more difficult and there is never that much time for testing.
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Each time I write a new piece, whether a novel, a picture book, a speech or anything, really, it has so much to do with what I'm going through personally or a problem I'm trying to work out. When I wrote my novel 'Baby,' my three children had all just gone out the door.
