Laurie Halse Anderson Quotes
I've dealt with depression my entire life, on and off, which makes me the perfect author for teenage readers.
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The death tax robs parents of the opportunity to pass something along to their children, and it is responsible for destroying a lot of family-owned businesses.
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In terms of Rogers, I can't comment on how other fighters in the UFC would fare with Brett Rogers because that's just speculation.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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Escapism makes a lot of intuitive sense - whisk people away from their cares with stories of a better life.
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The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
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I've got a 12-year-old grandson who, when he was 3 years old, before he could say many other words, could name the different kinds of dinosaurs.
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I like that about London. It comes together when it needs to, and it has magic.
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I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
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At times I wonder whether or not your role as a member of Parliament... may in fact inhibit a relationship developing.
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Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.
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President Bush's emergency declaration for the State of Texas is great news for the people and communities that have experienced the devastating wildfires firsthand. Already, communities have rallied to help neighbors in need.
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I don't seek validation outside, not even with the audience. Today they like me, but tomorrow they may hate me. I don't want to be anybody's role model.
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As long as I know my head's in the right place, my feet are on the ground, I think I'll be fine.
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I'm from Long Beach - not the best area in the world - and I had a lot of ghetto friends growing up.
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I have won many awards and I am very happy about this, but I am not the best player in the world.
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Choosing a spouse with religion in mind is not always a mistake, especially if your heritage and your faith are important parts of who you are. The trick is, as always, to recognize a good thing when you see it - and never mistake the bad for something more.
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I think as a filmmaker one should make all kinds of films. It is not that one should make only one kind of film. I love to see romantic films; I loved watching 'Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge,' 'Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.' If I make such films, I will make it with my yardstick, according to my parameters.
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There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive.
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This is the standard line of the Trump side of the party, that us who oppose him are just a bunch of elites who live in the Acela corridor in this bubble of unimaginable wealth. I wish I had been born into an extremely wealthy New York real estate family and been given multimillion dollar loans to get my start in life.
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Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes; I'm afraid it's time for goodbye again.
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'A Pirate Looks at 40,' we had to do that song. I've been covering that forever.
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We didn't know about the rest of the world. We just knew the pictures that we saw on TV, and it was so different that we wanted to try to imitate that, to a certain extent.
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I've dealt with depression my entire life, on and off, which makes me the perfect author for teenage readers.
