Lesley Gore Quotes
I have nothing but the best memories of growing up in New Jersey. Of course, I grew up in a nice town, a suburb. But Tenafly was right next to Englewood, which had a tremendous amount of racial tension in the '60s. So I was aware of the real world.
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Khomeini was not a puppet like Arafat or Qaddafi or the many other dictators I met in the Islamic world. He was a sort of Pope, a sort of king - a real leader.
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I realised that you couldn't use the tools of yesterday to communicate today's world. Basically, that was the big light that went on in my head.
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I like to look at 'A Place in the Sun' every now and get inspired by it.
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In China, we don't know about the swimming pool game, but we know about Marco Polo.
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I can't just say one time of the year I'm going to do something different. I have to commit to a lifestyle behavioral change and just try to be a little bit better today than I was yesterday.
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Boning is a pain, but it makes such a majestic chicken.
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I saw the pilot for 'Girls' about six months before it aired.
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Conflict is very much a state of mind. If you're not in that state of mind, it doesn't bother you.
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I was pretty taken with Patti Smith, she was my heroine.
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When I was starting out, I always wanted to be able to do everything - comedy and drama and action, and everything in between. Film is so diverse, and it's fun to be able to take advantage of all of it.
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Grown-up clothes are more appealing because customers need to be able to project themselves into them.
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One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil.
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Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.
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When all the world appears to be in a tumult, and nature itself is feeling the assault of climate change, the seasons retain their essential rhythm. Yes, fall gives us a premonition of winter, but then, winter, will be forced to relent, once again, to the new beginnings of soft greens, longer light, and the sweet air of spring.
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My parents were amazing and wonderful, but there was a lot of pressure to do my best and in every way possible.
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You know, a lot of things changed. What never changed is the illusion to keep playing tennis, the illusion to keep doing well the things, and the illusion to be in a good position of the ranking and play these kind of matches.
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For me, comedy is richer and larger than anything else.
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Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life.
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I've never done anything particularly scandalous.
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Emotionally, I have no picture-book illustrated with memories of my first five years, but externally, I have impressions that possess a haunting vividness comparable only to the texture of dreams, when dreams are tumultuously alive.
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I died on that mountain, too. I left a part of myself up there.
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I was probably five when I first picked up a camera. My mom had an Olympus OM-10 that she carried around to document our family photos. And I just always loved it.
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I have nothing but the best memories of growing up in New Jersey. Of course, I grew up in a nice town, a suburb. But Tenafly was right next to Englewood, which had a tremendous amount of racial tension in the '60s. So I was aware of the real world.
