Leighton Meester Quotes
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I don't see myself as ever being like anybody else.
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Once I got married, I started working from an office. I found that having somewhere to go that isn't my house is mentally helpful: 'This is the place where I answer email and write blog posts,' and 'over there is the place where I do the dishes.'
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I've always thought that it's good to watch the news to find out what everybody else is looking at and believing, if only because that's how consensus is constructed.
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If there is the right opportunity for us to have a big oil play in Congo or somewhere else, we will definitely go for it.
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The only thing documentary filmmakers have to work with, at least the way I make films, is trust. That's been true of everyone from James Carville and George Stephanopoulos to the kids in 'American High' to the soldiers in 'Military Diaries' to Anna Wintour to Dick Cheney.
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Men are domineering in rural Haryana, and that shows in sport, too.
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The Wreckoning is a darker song. But the record is positive.
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To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.
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I think Teach for America has suffered from the fact that I did not teach, in a major way. I also think if I had taught, I wouldn't have started Teach for America.
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A particularly beautiful woman is a source of terror. As a rule, a beautiful woman is a terrible disappointment.
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So we're living by that sword, and we're going to cut every now and then from it's backlash.
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Sales don't always have anything to do with good or brilliant or original. Sales are about appeal.
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When poverty shows itself, even mischievous boys understand what it means.
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I never thought of myself as a singer, like ever, ever, ever. It's hysterical that I sing.
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I never wanted to be one of those actors with a political agenda.
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The kids are not brought up to have minds of their own as individuals.
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I think it's important to remember where I began. I know that when I talk to other writers, say, writers from the South or writers from abroad, it's where they begin as children that is important to them.
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The very things I might have given in to, that demanded, that said, this is your life. I mean, this is your only way to survive, are the things I fought hardest to end. 'Cause I believed in something else. And um, what makes that sane is that I can understand other people's situations in their own terms, but I still can't understand mine.
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At a time of economic recession, the need for Medicaid and other safety net services is even greater. And we don't want to raise taxes on people who are having a tough time paying their bills.
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My very first products were hand-made, one-of-a-kind pins. When I finally realized I could repeat a phrase to make multiples, 'intellectuals gone bad,' a fairly succinct description of my own life, seemed appropriate.
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When I do retire, I know for a fact that I'll never be able to replace the incredible feeling I get when I'm driving an F1 car.
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Death leaves cans of shaving cream half-used.
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People are pretty respectful for the most part.
