Patricia Heaton Quotes
This is the other thing: we make the cost of raising kids higher than it has to be just because we feel they need all this stuff, like gadgets, certain schools, and activities that are nice but aren't really necessary.
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A novel is not a rant.
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Our parents all experimented with raising us in a fairly loose, unorthodox way. A huge emphasis was placed on creativity, and our artistic efforts were never dismissed as childish. There was a sense that we - kids and grown-ups - all had the potential to make something of value. Our drawings were not simply destined for the refrigerator.
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These days i tend to use one project I do as a kind of offshoot to the next.
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I really enjoy the fun of putting something out and people liking it or hating it or talking about it, but vacuous attention, it feels disgusting. It's like a hangover.
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I prefer to believe it's my responsibility if a film of mine works or doesn't work.
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You have to find something there that relates to the characters and reality on some level.
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Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
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All that political stuff Delano was doing. Me, I've gone off the top, into total fantasy.
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I'm very ambitious, but I also love myself - which means I try to take care of myself.
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It's a great advantage to be able to play people off against each other, isn't it? You go to Christie's and get a quote on something. And then you go to Phillips' and you tell them what Christie's has given you. I like auctions for artists.
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If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
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I grew up with 'Friends' from day one and, like, 'Seinfeld' and 'Frazier,' those sorts of shows, but for sure, 'Friends' was it for our family. Like, we would watch every Thursday night at eight o'clock; I couldn't wait.
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I've always considered myself a filmmaker who writes stuff for himself to do.
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What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps; with it alone, she lives.
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I don't know if this classifies as a video game, but I have a terrible obsession with Angry Birds.
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Holidays have been commercialized. It has become about material things. But the holidays are about sharing stories and being in each other's presence.
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I haven't seen it this busy since I've been an IndyCar driver. So I think that's a great kind of thing that's happening for the IndyCar Series, in general, right now. But it's an event that I'm very proud to be part of. I love it. I can't wait to come back next year.
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I have been five minutes too late all my life-time!
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We have this idea of perfection that is so unrealistic. We are our own worst enemy. No one is noticing that little scar.
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Holding individuals accountable for corporate wrongdoing isn't ideological; it's good law enforcement.
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My greatest regret is that my mother died before I could help her materially.
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Once kids begin to realize that they are connected to a greater good and greater whole, then that will lessen the possibility that they will act out violently because it creates empathy.
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I've always said to people that auteurism is nice, but it's hypothetical, and gradually you learn how much or how little influence different directors had.
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This is the other thing: we make the cost of raising kids higher than it has to be just because we feel they need all this stuff, like gadgets, certain schools, and activities that are nice but aren't really necessary.
