Barbara Amiel Quotes
I have been lucky enough to have had the opportunity of travelling across this country and enduring all the classic situations that go with talking to people.
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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In Hollywood, you can live alongside very famous but still incredibly boring people. I've never wanted to be immortal. Even if nobody remembers me after my death, it's still okay with me.
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I don't even own a television. I don't watch network television.
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It sounds kind of stupid, but I've never not wanted to be a musician. It's been inside me since I was little so I don't know what else I would do.
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My son's a West Point cadet.
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I graduated from UC San Diego, wanted to work in film to get my hands-on real experience, did music videos, TV, feature films, all kinds of stuff.
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Our built-in human system for mimicry explains why we humans can transfer our good and bad moods to each other - if we aren't careful!
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I got in a really bad accident in a Toyota vehicle, but I feel like the safety of the vehicle and God really saved my life.
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I grew up thinking it was wonderful to be big and strong and to be able to knock down other children in the playground if I needed to. But I never felt the need.
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I have the necessary lack of tact.
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My father was a construction worker most of his life. My mother, when she came from Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, to the United States, never had a chance to go to college either and became a clerical worker. But they did nothing but build this country.
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I don't mind being described as vanilla in certain ways.
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A man notices a woman's figure when she walks in a room. Women have eight million words for blue; a man says dark blue or light blue.
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In a sense I portray myself in a very androgynous way, and I love androgyny.
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Catholicism played such a huge part in my life, I would not have survived without my faith.
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You can't betray yourself too often, or you become somebody else.
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My youngest sister belonged to a group called the Twelve Tribes for many years. She recently left, with her husband and four children. Talking to her about her experiences in the group is fascinating, moving, and enlightening.
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I had always been feeling uncomfortable in my mind about giving advice to others and not acting upon it myself.
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The whole ecosystem of celebrity has broken down for writers. If you go back to the '50s, '60s, and '70s, writers were on TV a lot, and they were allowed to misbehave a lot.
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Somehow it just don't seem fittin' for a bridegroom to spend his weddin' night in a tree.
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Going out and volunteering sounds simple, but many people don't volunteer because they don't know where to start.
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I enjoy a good meal as much as anyone, but I get so confused by nutritional, budgetary, ecological, ethical, aesthetic, and time-management concerns that I often subsist for weeks on instant oatmeal and multivitamins.
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Love is the fire that warms our lives with unparalleled joy and divine hope. Love should be our walk and our talk.
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I have been lucky enough to have had the opportunity of travelling across this country and enduring all the classic situations that go with talking to people.
