Albert Ellis Quotes
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I've been writing a lot of poetry recently. It helps me think and work things out.
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Together with international unity and resolve we can meet the challenge of this global scourge and work to bring about an international law of zero tolerance for terrorism.
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It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations. Everything can't be personalized.
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People are like, 'Was it hard growing up mixed?' 'Did you not fit in?' and I'm like, 'No? What? That's the dumbest question ever.'
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I want to work with great directors and try not to put too much pressure on myself and just read things for the story and recognize when I'm drawn to something for the right reasons and try to maintain some sanity.
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People have got to get together and work together. I'm tired of the kind of oppression that white people have inflicted on us and are still trying to inflict.
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I found that I need to work, and I wouldn't have known that if I hadn't taken the time off.
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In my theater work, I've had much more three-dimensional, broader-stroke characters.
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No degree of dullness can safeguard a work against the determination of critics to find it fascinating.
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Well, as an artist, I think that Elvis's generosity to me he always talked very highly about me, he always spoke very highly about my work and singing and my writing.
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Executive ability is deciding quickly and getting somebody else to do the work.
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I work in the film business, where schmoozing is an art form, lunch hour lasts from 12:30 until 3, and every meeting takes an hour whether there's an hour's worth of business or not.
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I was taught to value hard work. At the end of day, I'm just Olivia.
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Citizens who live or work near protest sites or marches have every right to be free of violence from protesters, and they should never be subjected to destruction of property.
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Music really gets me going, so I've always got to make sure I have my iPod to give me energy to work out.
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I always say, one way to connect with a working mother is to ask her what she has done before work that day!
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When I was leaving Yemen to come to America, things were tough. My dad had just been laid off, and it was a challenge. When I lived in Yemen, I thought America was a perfect place. Everything was bigger and better. I dreamed big. The American dream, you know? You have to work hard for your dream to come true.
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I've always loved fashion and, of course, enjoyed my experiences walking on runways, but I love watching the shows as well! Now I understand more why it's such a big deal for the industry and why people work so hard before and during fashion weeks. It's interesting to see the same things from a different angle.
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Faith is not a sense, nor sight, nor reason, but taking God at His work.
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Maybe I'll be a feminist in my old age.
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I can take a grandfather clock to pieces and put it back together again.
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Many kids think unless they go to one of these great Ivy League schools, which I was lucky enough to go to later, that they won't get the same kind of learning. But I learned just the opposite lesson; that my best teachers were not at Harvard University.
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Nothing is more condemnable than selfishness. A man who thinks of himself alone is the most unlucky person of all.
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If something is irrational, that means it won't work. It's usually unrealistic.
