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.
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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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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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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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I was a campaign widow.
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Before I was born, my mom and my dad, they used to rescue dogs, so at one point, they had 13 dogs. And they were all from different litters. It wasn't like they were bred. They were all from different people. And they were all different ages. When I grew up at my dad's house, I think we had seven at one point.
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I don't let the left hand know what the right hand is doing.
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The Clinton administration has coddled dictators as few have coddled before.
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Right now, I don't have the same urges as other women when they see a baby. When I see children, I see responsibilities, which I don't think I'm quite ready for. I feel the same about puppies. They're cute for a second, but there's a lot of responsibility involved.
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Whenever I write, I write very dialogue-heavy things because I love to force my characters to interact with one another.
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But Clint I love, because Clint was my mentor. I knew nothing about making an Italian movie.
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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.
