Lauren Ambrose Quotes
I used to be really wild and dissatisfied and angry and had a journey toward becoming a lady; I think that's with anybody coming into their own power.
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A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
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The problem that I think is reasonable to assert about Fox and its coverage is that they make up stories out of whole cloth and then make a big deal out of them.
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The reasons asthma doesn't affect my work or play is that I had accurate diagnostics and follow treatment regimens closely. It's when someone thinks they're fine and that they don't need help that they usually get in trouble.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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All the great artists had their dark sides. Look at Amy Winehouse or anyone who has achieved a certain level of success. Even Adele, and the people that you wouldn't put in the same category as a gangster rapper. These women have exposed their vulnerabilities, demons, and things that have hurt them.
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Fiction about mining has a long tradition - Emile Zola's 'Germinal' and Upton Sinclair's 'King Coal' come to mind - and most readers will be aware of the industry's harsh conditions.
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The first time you meet someone, the conversation is sort of on life support. You're just trying to live another moment in the life of the conversation.
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I know it sounds ridiculous, but I haven't quite got over the miracle that you plant things, and they do sprout up.
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I am a leader in my own world. That's enough for me.
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Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.
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We have no quarrel with a policy that seeks to support human rights.
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No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.
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I had five children in six years. The day I brought my fifth baby home, that week, my daughter turned 6.
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I can't cook to save my life.
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The plastic surgery issue is really looming because girls in the U.S. are getting it in their teens.
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I have a lot of admiration for people who've been in relationships a long time, married for years.
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My finding of myself as an artist, which I think in itself helped me to find just who I am and how I want to express myself, is entirely - in conjunction, of course, with my family, particularly my mom - founded on teachers.
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A wise human would have an understanding of the supply chain and how the pieces fit together. But it's against our nature to think about it.
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France has more need of me than I have need of France.
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I grew up in Manhattan on the Upper East Side.
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I have found, in short, from reading my own writing, that my subject in fiction is the action of grace in territory largely held by the devil. I have also found that what I write is read by an audience which puts little stock either in grace or the devil. You discover your audience at the same time and in the same way that you discover your subject, but it is an added blow.
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The eastern light our spires touch at morning, The light that slants upon our western doors at evening, The twilight over stagnant pools at batflight, Moon light and star light, owl and moth light, Glow-worm glowlight on a grassblade. O Light Invisible, we worship Thee!
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Each underestimates her own power and overestimates the other's.
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I used to be really wild and dissatisfied and angry and had a journey toward becoming a lady; I think that's with anybody coming into their own power.
