Lewis Tappan Quotes
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I think it's important to keep your own identity when you've got a baby.
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Always remember: My general theme is 'There is no message.' There never has been. Stop trying to find the message or the meaning in everything. That's. My. Theme.
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I know you can be up one minute and drop the next, so I'm trying to maintain a steady course so I can have some longevity.
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Love is the ability and willingness to allow those that you care for to be what they choose for themselves without any insistence that they satisfy you.
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My mother is extremely interested in everything esoteric.
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My mom taught me the power of love. I learned to focus on the long-term big picture from my father. His sense of humor and light-hearted approach always make me smile. My husband is a pivotal anchor in my life. His influence encourages me to be independent and take risks.
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For me, New York is comfortable, not strange.
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All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a surrender. For it is all give and no take.
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There is a big difference between No. 1 and No. 2. I don't care who wrote it. I'd love to one day have a No. 1 that I wrote, but if that ain't in the cards, whatever. My job is right now is to make the best music I can and try to get it to the people, whether it be something that I wrote or not. It's my job to be the best I can for the fans.
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'Oh and Oh' is a tennis term... It's a nice way of saying you took your opponent to pieces.
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I heard it in 2008 and hear it again now - this notion that the only reason one would support Hillary Clinton is because she is a woman - or only because she is experienced and smart. She is all of those things. But I am with her because... Hillary Clinton inspires me.
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Shopping turns me off.
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Money is worth nothing if it can't buy you the opportunity to love more.
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I really love Hitchcock; I think he was a complete genius, to me one of the best directors. Such a sense of how to put things together.
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I was totally unknown in the television and film industry in Canada.
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The uplands of my home country in north central Kentucky are sloping and easily eroded, dependent for safekeeping upon year-round cover of perennial plants.
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When you take other people's opinions, you end up flailing and you have no center.
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You don't have to own squirrels and starlings to get enjoyment from them … One day, we would like an end to pet shops and the breeding of animals. Dogs would pursue their natural lives in the wild … they would have full lives, not wasting at home for someone to come home in the evening and pet them and then sit there and watch TV.
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At the end of the day, I choose something that makes my heart beat, that I can relate to, that's very complex, or human.
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In my personal life, especially as I am aging, I find that the biggest mistakes I make and the biggest risks I run all result form mindless hurrying.
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It's all about the quality of the fabric, how soft it is and feeling comfortable in what you're wearing.
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There's a story behind every person. There's a reason why they're the way they are. Think about that before you judge anyone.
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There is too much theology in the Church now, and too little of the Gospel.
