Tea Obreht Quotes
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So although women can do anything that men can't do, they can also do something that men can't do, and that is mother their children.
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I just have a connection with sign language. I always thought the deaf community was a different community to be a part of. In high school, me and my friend took sign language.
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I'm working now on a collection of Shakespearean sonnets, about 100 of them, that I may publish if anyone's interested. My take on life is a little different from the bard's.
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Skin care is so much more important than makeup. Makeup is for when you're having fun and going out. But your skin is forever.
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My primary interest has always been about exploring the human psyche and humanity.
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Deeply consider that it is your duty and interest to read the Holy Scriptures.
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If I wait for the genius to come, it just doesn't arrive.
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I have an idea that the phrase 'weaker sex' was coined by some woman to disarm the man she was preparing to overwhelm.
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Sometimes, it's best to let the kids take control - and it's never too early to instill positive eating habits or self-confidence in the kitchen.
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Almost all the early Christian Fathers were opposed to the death penalty, even though it was of course standard practice across the ancient world.
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I went from buying my own condominium and a car for myself when I was 17 on 'The Facts of Life' to not being able to pay my rent. I was at the unemployment office all the time. I had to sell my record collection just to make ends meet. And then I started getting these voice-over jobs.
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If someone had protected the HTML language for making Web pages, then we wouldn't have the World Wide Web.
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It's always fun to put on bell bottoms and have your butt hanging out and hip huggers.
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In Windsor in the forties, and even up into the fifties and sixties, if you were black, you had to sit in the balcony of the theatres, and you couldn't buy property in most places.
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As a kid, I was always a tomboy, playing sport and doing martial arts. And I'm pretty opinionated - I've never been told that I'm a weak person.
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I had just turned 10-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and plunged America into World War II.
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I've done thousands of interviews in my life, and it's a format that I quite enjoy, because I think of questions in interviews as an opportunity to sort of gauge my growth in a way. It gives me an idea of how I'm navigating this world that I'm in.
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A lot of the former Idols were voting for me, and that makes me feel really good.
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I think the next president needs to lead on cultural issues and experience, particularly on foreign policy.
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I did a shoot with massive iguanas in Costa Rica when I was modeling back then. They were like little dinosaurs, and they sat right across my arms and by my face. The guy told me not to make any sudden movements because they had enormous claws. The guy said he would rip my skin if he attacked.
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Most of my advances were by mistake. You uncover what is when you get rid of what isn't.
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Maui reminded me of San Diego: beautiful, but crowded.
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I want to take a more international direction with my career.
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What inspires me most to write is the act of traveling.
