Beatrice Wood Quotes
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Of course, giving is deeply emotional. But supplementing emotion with research makes it more likely that a gift can have a bigger impact. It's like any investment. After all, you wouldn't put funds into stocks or bonds without understanding the potential return. Why wouldn't you do the same when investing in society?
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When you're not under a 'series regular' contract, and other jobs come up, you try to juggle everything.
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I was growing up in the 50's and 60's. Back then they didn't even know what dyslexia was.
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Well if somebody's giving me a script, I'll consider it. But it's not something I'm chasing.
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If you tell me I can't eat something, I'll obsess over it and end up overeating!
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Growing up in a small town gives you two things: a sense of place and a feeling of self-consciousness - self-consciousness about one's education and exposure, both of which tend to be limited. On the other hand, limited possibilities also mean creating your own options.
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I still have my old Nintendo 64 that works. And I hook it up, and I still play the original 'Goldeneye.' I'm that geek. I have an 'NBA Jam' arcade machine in my office at 'SNL.'
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You see bands putting ads in the paper: 'drummer wanted'. I could never be in a set-up like that.
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Things have always sort of happened for me. Something else always comes up.
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Every little girl looks up to her mom so much - that's your first hero.
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I have laughter dates with myself, where I find comics on YouTube and watch them. Louis C.K. was my first laughter date a couple years ago. I'll also watch those videos of people doing idiotic things. That cracks me up.
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Yes, gymnasts aim for perfection, but I never thought about the score. If that's what's in your mind, it will probably mess you up.
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I don't like giving up hits and stuff, but I try not to show it. I don't want the hitter to see that something bothers me.
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Last I checked, the album was #82 out of the top 200 on the Billboard charts thanks to you all. I pray that keeps moving up and with your help it will.
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As an actor, I'm familiar with having bursts of energy, where you're giving things a try, and then you have down time.
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Great players are willing to give up their own personal achievement for the achievement of the group. It enhances everybody.
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To me, charity often is just about giving, because you're supposed to, or because it's what you've always done - or it's about giving until it hurts.
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My first taste memory is pickle. Even as a kid, I was really weird. I liked chillis. I used to climb up the shelves in my grandmother's pantry. The pickle jar was kept right at the top. One time, I dropped the jar and it broke. I was totally busted.
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I was brought up largely by my grandfather because my father only returned from a prisoner-of-war camp in 1947 and worked in the nearest small town, so I hardly ever saw him.
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Sex and sleep alone make me conscious that I am mortal.
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Politics is only worthwhile if you are doing what you believe, regardless of the slings and arrows.
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I grew up in a tough neighborhood and we used to say you can get further with a kind word and a gun than just a kind word.
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Even my parents are so cute, and they deal with every movie of mine excellently. They check with me ever so casually by asking 'Now how much of nudity are we going to see in this one?'
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Over and over I'm on the point of giving it up.
