Georgia O'Keeffe Quotes
If you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for a moment.
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For obstacle racing, you wanna be as light, lean, and fast as possible. So, if I lift a lot of weights, I'm gonna be a little bit heavier, which will make it harder for me to hold myself up.
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We should allow people to purchase health insurance across state lines. That will create a true 50-state national marketplace which will drive down the cost of low-cost, catastrophic health insurance.
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My paternal grandfather was a failed novelist. He stacked boxes of rejected manuscripts in a closet.
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In no case can I permit myself to be a candidate of any party or yield myself to any party schemes.
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I have a friend that has five kids and she went through a trial separation with her husband, and she didn't have time to be upset. Every now and then, she'd call me on the cell phone and just cry.
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The National Security Council's real role is to coordinate the various activities of the government of the United States in the furtherance of American foreign policy.
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When you're in the middle of a pennant race, you can't go up there thinking about home runs.
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A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.
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But when you work with the director and the real person who is playing opposite you, it changes everything. You are almost in a working session. I was very comfortable, and that's maybe what helped me to get the part.
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I don't know if I see myself as an actress for the rest of my life.
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Virtual simulations allow post-traumatic stress disorder sufferers to re-experience the events that traumatized them, and then slowly desensitize themselves to their impact through repeated recreations involving not just sight and sound but even smell.
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I think a lot of writing, or a lot of young writers, especially, hold themselves back unnecessarily because they're so upset about the idea that they might be sentimental or so concerned about being criticized that way or even being that way that they just shy away from any strong expression or emotion.
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There's a point you get to on the stage where you're not remembering lines but living them, and you reach this pure moment which, really, is more intense than what you can achieve in life.
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As soon as I wake up, I read my email to see what news developed overnight.
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VisiCalc and WordPerfect were the killer apps of their day, but Google and Facebook make them look small in comparison.
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I did use my own accent in a play once. It's a very freeing, liberating experience. Actors are often asked to adopt a different accent, and sometimes a different voice, so when that's taken away and you don't have to think about it, that's a lovely thing.
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It was difficult for me to feel my feelings, so I just buried them. Then I found that acting was a way for me to get them out. But now that I'm a reasonably sane adult, acting is more about my trying to engage other people: Acting is cathartic for the viewer as well.
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You can't win if you're chasing the wrong problem.
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Don't give tips to friends who are about to have babies unless they ask!
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There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none of us safe. We are children, playing or quarrelling on the line.
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To me, 'The End of the Jews' - both the title and the novel itself - is about the end of pat, uncritical ways of understanding oneself in the world.
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Victoria didn't tell a soul about our love affair, nor did I. We spent time at each other's homes, sneaking in and out like criminals, although we were so profoundly happy it was ridiculous. Then I felt outraged; I wanted the world to know that I was in love with Victoria, that she felt the same way about me.
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Lyrically, I personally lean towards venting.
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If you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for a moment.
