Leandra Medine Quotes
Most people don't know this, but I never wanted Man Repeller to be about me. It was titled that to identify a genre of women.
Quotes to Explore
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To be perfectly truthful, I was not a very brilliant student, even at chemistry school.
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Every employee needs to know that there's somebody out there that they serve. And when we don't let people know that for one reason or another, we're depriving them of a fulfilling job.
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I live on the same street as my family, actually. I live across the road. I'm a real family person!
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I was unbelievably lucky.
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My mom says that when I was a little kid, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I don't remember that.
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The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.
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Do you follow American politics? They hate Obama. Hate him. He's a black man. That's what it is: it's racist. This guy is no bleeding-heart liberal. He's a centrist.
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I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
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America believes what's good for us is good for the world. It's very difficult to understand that that's not necessarily true.
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The intelligent man is one who has successfully fulfilled many accomplishments, and is yet willing to learn more.
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Her death has had a huge effect on me. It felt like a big hole appeared on my left side - apparently your left side is your mother - which I thought could never be filled. Now I think what you have to do is fill it with yourself because your mother is part of you. I'm easing into that space, using it and being comforted by it.
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It is amazing that it is my destiny to be the first Aussie to win the Masters.
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Dance has always been my passion, and I love it.
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I don't think the deficit of the country is a Republican issue or a Democratic issue. I think it's a country issue. I don't think worrying about the reindustrialization of America is a Republican or Democratic issue.
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We need to start looking at having a way of managing the whole ecosystem, because you can't pick away at it piece by piece, you have to truly start being coordinated and managing our resources as a system. We haven't gotten to that point yet.
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I became aware that all sounds can make meaningful language.
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I think, by nature you know, I'm very attracted and I gravitate toward the very strong girl who can watch a ballgame, but who's also extremely feminine.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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Black beans and soy beans are the cornerstones of longevity diets around the world.
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One of the stranger things about me is that I was raised as an Orthodox Jew. I went to a yeshiva until I was thirteen years old and spoke fluent Hebrew.
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I say to the women out there, remember how difficult it was for women like Justice O'Connor starting out. Even though she graduated with top grades, she had to take a job as a legal secretary. Remember how far we have come.
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With each new book, the march of our national history takes a step forward. When one is present at a book launch, one is bearing witness to the birth of a new body of ideas, to the coming into being of another testimony of history.
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Most people don't know this, but I never wanted Man Repeller to be about me. It was titled that to identify a genre of women.
