Gerda Weissmann Klein Quotes
My experience has taught me that all of us have a reservoir of untapped strength that comes to the fore at moments of crisis.
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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Goals enable you to do more for yourself and others, too.
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My mom and stepdad were strict. I couldn't date; I couldn't go out. And I was a kid who was never good at just taking no for an answer. I needed to understand why. And sometimes they weren't interested in explaining.
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One reason why I don't drink is because I wish to know when I am having a good time.
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There is nothing, really, that I wouldn't write about, and I do write about a lot of grim things.
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My life is black and white and mixed. My mother's a Rastafarian, my dad was a short white guy - it's not an affectation. It's also the lives of millions of people throughout the world.
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It should be no surprise that religion in the non-western world has failed to disappear under the juggernaut of industrial capitalism, or that liberal democracy finds its most dedicated saboteurs among the new middle classes.
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Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say 'infinitely' when you mean 'very'; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
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I do take this insane pleasure in world-building. I get the world in my head, but I have to make sure everyone else gets it.
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In 29 years, I had recorded over 2,200 songs. I was amazed.
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Stopping to think is fine for characters, but not for their creators. They have to work.
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I like the MAC Face and Body foundation. Sometimes it can't cover all my flaws, but I like it because it looks really natural and it evens out my skin tone.
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From 1962 to 1965, the guitar became this icon of youth culture, thanks mostly to the Beatles.
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I've had all that you could ask for. The fat lady has sung, and there's a standing ovation.
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I think it's better to have your personal life and your work life separate. That way they don't corrupt each other, so to speak.
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If you see in any given situation only what everybody else can see, you can be said to be so much a representative of your culture that you are a victim of it.
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The growth of women's soccer and women's sports all around the world has been slow.
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I remember making the all-star team in Little League when I was around 11 years old. I was not a great athlete, but I loved it, so making starting second base in the all-star was great for me. I think someone must have been sick and they slotted me in.
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Democrat leaders are not only out of the American mainstream, but are also out of the Democratic mainstream.
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An anthill increases by accumulation. Medicine is consumed by distribution. That which is feared lessens by association. This is the thing to understand.
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I took a Ferrari under the 405 freeway. We took rent-a-cars through the desert. That was fun.
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Play is the highest from of research.
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My experience has taught me that all of us have a reservoir of untapped strength that comes to the fore at moments of crisis.
