Barbara Jordan Quotes
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Broadway is really my life.
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I came to live in Shepperton in 1960. I thought: the future isn't in the metropolitan areas of London. I want to go out to the new suburbs, near the film studios. This was the England I wanted to write about, because this was the new world that was emerging.
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When I was little, one of my father's friends owned a circus. For four absolutely incredible summers, I found myself being the only boy in Ireland who didn't dream of running away with the circus. I was in it!
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I love French films, and I copy things I see in them. I read magazines and also look at Tumblr. I love nails, so I literally just search the word 'nails' on Tumblr and start looking.
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I joined a radical group at the age of 16 because I'm a passionate man; the good news is that I turned myself around since then. But my character is still quite free and passionate.
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I have not been a good father, but no father has loved his children more. Like my father, I decided the best thing I could do for my kids was work and provide. Fortunately, I've been able to do that. Unfortunately, my work was on the road, and that's meant a life of one-nighters.
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In every truth, the beneficiaries of a system cannot be expected to destroy it.
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I believe a lot in monogamy, let me tell you.
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
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You cannot get PTSD from reading a book or from hearing a story, even repeated stories over and over.
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It's not what you've got, it's what you use that makes a difference.
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If Mr. Bush and Mr. Forbes don't get most of the votes, they should be arrested for wasting money.
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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
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I taught myself how to play the guitar. I never studied music.
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Balance is so important in our lives. In our busy world, we can give ourselves balance between thinking and feeling.
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My parents could not be more Italian.
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SNAP is a critical anti-hunger program that feeds millions of low income Americans, including children, veterans, and seniors who would not otherwise have the resources to buy groceries.
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I think it's fun running with dogs. They're always so fit and fast.
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Publicly traded United States companies report sales and profits to investors every quarter.
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Listen, no part of me is more definitive of who I am than my brain.
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[H]e that thinks absolute power purifies men's blood, and corrects the baseness of human nature, need read the history of this, or any other age, to be convinced to the contrary.
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Deeply funny musings and adventures elevate Paul Rudnick to the highest level of American comedy writing.
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Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.
