Debra Dean Quotes
As a writer, the ideal job is the one that allows you time and mental space away from it. Teaching seemed to me like the obvious choice - those summers off, you know - but my experience may serve as a cautionary tale.
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Our parents all experimented with raising us in a fairly loose, unorthodox way. A huge emphasis was placed on creativity, and our artistic efforts were never dismissed as childish. There was a sense that we - kids and grown-ups - all had the potential to make something of value. Our drawings were not simply destined for the refrigerator.
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When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose.
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Some guys play with their heads. That's okay. You've got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you've got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body.
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My aim in painting is to create pulsating, luminous, and open surfaces that emanate a mystic light, in accordance with my deepest insight into the experience of life and nature.
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The current prohibition laws are forcing drug disputes to be played out with guns in our streets. We need to put a stop to this criminal drug element in our country.
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The story and the characters of 'Girl Online' are mine.
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My mother's the youngest of 10 children too, so we have sort of a special bond in that we know what that feels like. It's a strange spot to be in.
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Triple tonguing? It was sort of invented. It wasn't in the script. It was something that I came up with.
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Christians have no greater ally than Israel.
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People say a lot of hurtful things, but in a way, the abuse that I endured from my husband prepared me for that. The things I had been told and drilled into my head from him were worse than what anybody could say to me.
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When I see dads being most effective with children, it is usually when they have an intuitive understanding that, for example, the car trip to and from the soccer game is potentially as important as the game itself.
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Many gloat over their own troubles.
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Bollywood being Bollywood, you hear promises all the time.
Jacqueline Fernandez -
I feel a lot of life in me and a lot of creative energy, and I think it's better suited somewhere it can run free.
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I've been a fan of Bunji's freestyling since the first time I saw him perform, back in the early 2000s.
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I discovered martial arts, first judo and then karate, and I became quite good at it, because I had something to prove. And more than anything, I needed to feel safe.
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I adopted this feeling that the stage is my home, so just keep my coat on and not wear anything else.
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Coping with injuries is always difficult for athletes because all we want to do is, basically, to have our best performances unhindered.
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Tear down the mosque, the temple, everything in sight. But don't break a human heart. For that is where God resides.
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It's fun to be the guy everybody looks to.
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You climbed into my window in the middle of the night. So, either you're some kind of Vampire or some kind of Perv. Which is it?
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Find a model of great education in history and you will find a great teacher who inspired students to make the hard choice to study. Wherever you find such a teacher, you will also find self-motivated students who study hard. When students study hard, learning occurs.
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As a writer, the ideal job is the one that allows you time and mental space away from it. Teaching seemed to me like the obvious choice - those summers off, you know - but my experience may serve as a cautionary tale.
