Lauren Worsham Quotes
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One must always try to see the truth of a situation - it makes things universal.
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I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.
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Political stories in general are tough. They just don't appeal to as wide an audience.
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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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Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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My voice, I have to say, is kind of miraculous because I was born with a cleft palate.
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Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers.
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Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.
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My retirement is both voluntary and involuntary. One reason, and this is voluntary, is the impact of television. All old movies are turning up on television, and frankly, making pictures doesn't interest me anymore. Another reason is that the film industry is in a declining state.
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If anyone should be executed, it should be Charles Manson. Do I go around during the daytime, 'Geez, I'm upset that he's alive'? No, I don't even think about him. I don't think about this case.
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If we don't enforce visa laws, we basically have open borders.
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My writing books with positive gay characters has come more out of anger than anything else: anger at not having been able to find honest, accurate books about people like myself as a teen, books that show we're as diverse as straight people and that we can lead happy, healthy, productive lives just as straight people can.
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I train to fight five rounds, but if we can end the fight in the first round, it's even better.
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This is my spiritual journey through life, my way of making sense of the world. I don't need permission from anyone or accolades from anyone; it is completely internal.
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I always think that good writers should be growing up on the brink of death - it really lets them see mortality very clearly.
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If you ever were bullied, you'll always remember that feeling.
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The way you really stop Al-Qaeda is by stopping their funding. It's not by carpet-bombing or land invasions or anything.
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The politician's promises of yesterday are the taxes of today.
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It's weird to hear anyone call me a role model.
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I don't see this planet being... they're talking about how they're turning around the environmental problems here, but I think it's already too late.
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This familiarity with a respected physician and my appreciation of his work, or the tragedy I experienced with the long, tormented agony and death of my mother might have influenced me in wanting to study medicine. It was not the case.
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I think about stories and their logic and wonder if there can be any such thing as simply "there is a book.
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You know, if it weren't for these fans, I wouldn't have gotten as far as I did.
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Growing up, the dream was to be on Broadway. I always loved theater.
