Sam Jaeger Quotes
There are so many stories from the Midwest that should be told. L.A. tells one story, and it's often about itself.

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I belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a language different from that of their parents.
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'Lovejoy' has a special place in my heart because it was through my efforts that the series first came to the screen.
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Who knows what would have become of me, if my parents had not had their influence on me.
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I think the most important element of a power outfit is proper fit. The one item to focus on is a suit. If it's the right fit, you could wear it with a T-shirt and still convey the positive message.
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I don't have many friends in Philadelphia. I sort of have one. I have the dog and someone else.
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My mom is from Cuba, my dad is from Spain, and I grew up in Miami. So there's maybe a little more flair in me than typical Silicon Valley types.
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If what the heart approves conforms to proper patterns, then even if one's desires are many, what harm would they be to good order?
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I need to be doing different things all the time; it's just part of who I am.
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One thing that we decided very early in the relationship is that when he goes, we all go - the whole family.
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Eventually, I grew out of my interest in motorcycles because they're quite dangerous. I don't ride them anymore. But I have this history.
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I want to be judged on my own merits.
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The day you settle for less is the day you will get less.
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People need religion. It's a vehicle for a moral tradition. A crucial role. Nothing can take its place.
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That's the problem today: Who is the creator?
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I thought marriage was something very quiet and very regular and very bourgeois.
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We're actually thinking about distributing 'Moon Over Broadway' on-line. It's tempting, because when you go to a major studio, it's sort of like a farm, you know? They make all the money, since it's kind of a buyer's market.
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There are parts of me that I feel are beautiful, but they don't have anything to do with my nose.
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I so never went through a bad-girl period.
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As a child I was the best tree climber in our neighbourhood, I was like a little monkey. I've never been afraid of hurting myself or a little physical discomfort.
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It's ironic that when you go through a tragedy, you appreciate more. You realize how fragile life is and that there are so many things to still be thankful for.
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Long-, medium- and short-grain rices differ in the amount and type of starch they have.
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The coming-of-age story has sort of become a joke. It's something to capitalize on, and that is painful because when you are coming of age - when you are going through something like that - the genre is so meaningful.
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There's a story... a legend, about a bird that sings just once in its life. From the moment it leaves its nest, it searches for a thorn tree... and never rests until it's found one. And then it sings... more sweetly than any other creature on the face of the earth. And singing, it impales itself on the longest, sharpest thorn. But, as it dies, it rises above its own agony, to outsing the lark and the nightingale. The thorn bird pays its life for just one song, but the whole world stills to listen, and God in his heaven smiles.
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There are so many stories from the Midwest that should be told. L.A. tells one story, and it's often about itself.