Claudia Brant (Claudia Alejandra Menkarski) Quotes
It is my honor to be a part of this publishing powerhouse where songwriters are not only heard and understood but respected and taken care of.
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I have a family to support. And I'm not always going to be doing exactly what I want to do.
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I worked with the Neville Brothers for 40-some years on the highway, and up and down since I can remember - funk from New Orleans.
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Calling Rand Paul 'the most interesting man in politics' is an invitation to an argument - but one we suspect he'd love to have.
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Norma Bates is insanely crazy, but you can't help but love her.
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As a model, I really stand for not being a model, if that makes sense. When I started, the whole idea of the model was very different; it was a bit stuck-up. Not stuck-up, but no one was trying to have fun, or not even have fun, but be willing to smile.
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No, I had not read any other comedian's book. Not that I don't enjoy other comedians; I'm just not a reader.
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Stand by your man. Give him two arms to cling to and something warm to come to.
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This is a learning in the business life that first of all you need to have commitment, dedication and passion for what you are doing.
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Death ends a life, not a relationship.
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One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing. I did that with 'World's Fair,' as with all of them. The inventions of the book come as discoveries.
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None of them want to delay. Understand that. None of them.
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You can hit as many revolutions as you want, but women are always going to wear uncomfortable shoes that look good.
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If you could wean yourself off of oil and not be dependent on the Middle East, obviously it's better.
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I wanted to reveal how genetic code is translated into protein. I knew a great application could be for antibiotics, since half of the useful ones target the ribosomes, but I didn't believe I could contribute to it. It was like the next Mount Everest to conquer. It was my dream to contribute something to humanity.
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In 'Manithan' I did not again play a bubbly thing, but my character was calm and composed.
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Vanity is as old as the mammoth.
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I try to eat healthy for the most part. When I cut weight, I cut pretty much everything out. I don't have protein when I cut weight other than what I might get from something like chicken breast. So I don't eat any extra protein, just because I'm trying to get the weight off. That's the only real diet I have.
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I go to bed when the kids go to bed because I get up when they get up at 5.
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Unless you look like Brad Pitt, it's really hard to have full control of your character.
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My parents could not be more Italian.
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Children, Fear God; that is to say, have an holy awe upon your minds to avoid that which is evil, and a strict care to embrace and do that which is good.
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One of the great things about being a writer/journalist is that my boss loves me to go out and do features on being someone else. I did a feature on Kate Middleton, where I went to an incredible fancy state home in the countryside, put on a wedding dress and posed for engagement pictures with a fake Prince William.
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I've written everywhere - in hotel rooms, cafes, airports, and planes all around the world. Now I have a home office, and the wi-fi is really bad down there, which is great. If I make a date with myself to write from, say, 6 A.M. to 10 A.M. on a Saturday, the fact that no emails come in helps me focus.
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It is my honor to be a part of this publishing powerhouse where songwriters are not only heard and understood but respected and taken care of.
