Barbara Ehrenreich Quotes
I'm an obsessive. When I get a problem, a question in my mind, it can take me over.
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Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.
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A lot of times, when mother-son or mother-daughter relationships have been put on screen, they tend to trickle towards ugly, and I don't find that totally realistic for the wide swath of us, and it's also not that fun to watch.
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Every loan that we did in the City of Detroit in the 10 years they studied - between 2005 and 2014 - were conventional FHA, VA loans with average interest rates of 6%.
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I will keep working hard!
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I just write what I think is funny. I don't care who watches it.
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I think I would encourage leaders to start working with communities in order to inoculate angry, young teenagers.
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I have, like, 45 celeb crushes at all times - celeb and Instagram crushes. I'm such a creep.
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One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite - that particular peach is but a detail.
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Let there be a door to thy mouth, that it may be shut when need arises, and let it be carefully barred, that none may rouse thy voice to anger, and thou pay back abuse with abuse.
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Both my parents were amateur badminton players. My father is a scientist and wanted me to be a doctor. But my mom was very aggressive and loved badminton. She pushed me right from the age of nine to take up the sport.
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I think the greatest privilege you have as an artist is time to nurture what you want to make; that's super luxurious. For you to rush into something, that doesn't feel fun to me. I'm living life in order to be able to write about it.
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The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
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I want to live in a country that is not just a place but also an idea, and Jerusalem is the heart of the idea. There may be practical considerations, but a country cannot exist without an ethos, and Jerusalem is an ethos.
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The primary problem in many modernizing societies is not liberty but the creation of a legitimate public order. Men may, of course, have order without liberty, but they cannot have liberty without order.
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Modeling is one of the few professions where women out-earn men, and that's because we're more valuable objects and ornaments.
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I have been interested in fashion since I was a kid. Then I lived in London, where it was more about costume and a personal statement of who you are than about fashion.
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And for the few that only lend their ear, That few is all the world.
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Those who know me would tell you, 'Moily can't be cowed down.' I have plans to enhance domestic oil and gas production.
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I did enjoy football, but the injury factor for me, you know, I had so many issues. I don't know how long my career would've been.
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People like me sound like a lot of big cannons.
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I do believe that in order to be a successful negotiator that as a diplomat, you have to be able to put yourself into the other person's shoes. Unless you can understand what is motivating them, you are never going to be able to figure out how to solve a particular problem.
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I think that's the biggest misconception - that in order for me to be sexy I have to make sure my boobs are out.
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What I want to do is tell stories about normal people in the American suburbs. I don't write the book where it's a conspiracy reaching the prime minister; I don't write the book with the big serial killer who lops off heads. My setting is a very placid pool of suburbia, family life. And within that I can make pretty big splashes.
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I'm an obsessive. When I get a problem, a question in my mind, it can take me over.
