Lauren Tarshis Quotes
The most important advice I can offer is that writing is a craft that you can learn by practicing. If you keep writing, you will improve.
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It is human nature to hate the man whom you have hurt.
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I was in the invasion of Normandy in southern France.
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Democracy should be practiced not every six years, but every day.
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You have to realize that a lot of life is just fortune and the ebbs of flows of what goes on.
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I'm kind of sarcastic. Not cynical but sarcastic.
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What you need is one black dress I call Plan B. It doesn't have to be fabulous, it just looks good, covers up the problems and is neutral enough for dinner, business, a date, a funeral. You don't overwear it, you don't overwash it, because the Plan B is - gold.
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Forgiveness is about empowering yourself, rather than empowering your past.
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I did some theater as a kid for fun. But it was really by chance that I landed into acting.
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How can a woman be expected to be happy with a man who insists on treating her as if she were a perfectly normal human being.
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My neighborhood didn't really encourage women, though it didn't prevent women from progressing, either.
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After a long day, my favorite way to unwind is by going running. Not exactly the most relaxing activity, granted, but I always imagine I'm sweating out all the things weighing on my mind.
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I've always had great faith in the Man Upstairs.
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I'm my own hero on the sets; why should I work with other heroes? The Khans did not want to work with me when I started. Why should I work with them now?
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You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
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I started off singing in church as a child. The sound of voices coming together, that was my first moment of touching something outside of myself.
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I had really bad obsessive-compulsive disorder. At its worst, I was compelled to leave my house at three o'clock in the morning and go out in the alley because I just knew that the paper-towel roll I threw in the recycling bin was uncomfortable, like it was lying the wrong way, and I would be down in the garbage.
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I like junk food, French fries, hamburgers - I love it.
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I'm a choir girl gone horribly, desperately wrong.
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Traffic was like a bad dog. It wasn't important to look both ways when crossing the street; it was important to not show fear.
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The IMPAC is a terribly important award.
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When we appreciate how much we have, we feel the urge to pare down, get back to basics, and learn what is essential for our happiness. We long to realize what's really important.
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I have always been driven by the ambition to solve every problem I face, whether as a scientist, engineer or entrepreneur.
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Bill Clinton, who packs his own star power, has been a big draw as well as a big drag on his wife's campaign.
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The most important advice I can offer is that writing is a craft that you can learn by practicing. If you keep writing, you will improve.
