Lewis Tappan Quotes
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My memory of my home was that it was very happy, and that there was more fun and life there than there was anywhere else.
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When I first got married to my husband, he had boxes full of photos of my two stepsons, ages 5 and 8 at the time, and I put them together in some little albums and wrote notes about how happy I was that they were a part of my life.
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When companies get big, they slow down. They're not as exciting. If you want to get something done, it takes a lot of time and a lot of meetings.
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Israel can't be the only country in the Western world not to have freedom of religion.
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I don't try to just be a blues singer – I try to be an entertainer. That has kept me going.
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I don't think there's any dearth of talent in India - we've always had the best juniors in the world.
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The discovery of deuterium and the marked differences in the physical and chemical properties of hydrogen and deuterium, together with an efficient method for the separation of these isotopes, have opened an interesting field of research in several of the major branches of science.
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God be praised for his gracious long suffering towards me in sparing my life so long. Grant, gracious God, that I may make a good use of the time that thou mayest be pleased yet to grant me for repentance.
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I was taking my first uncertain steps towards writing for children when my own were young. Reading aloud to them taught me a great deal when I had a great deal to learn. It taught me elementary things about rhythm and pace, the necessary musicality of text.
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Taking part in an Olympics on home ground is something you dream about.
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And on election night I'd go down to city hall in El Paso, Texas and cover the election. In those days, of course, we didn't have exit polls. You didn't know who had won the election until they actually counted the votes. I thought that was exciting too.
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You know the greatest thing about working on 'Fallon?' I get so many anonymous gifts.
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All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
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My soul is dark with stormy riot: directly traced over to diet.
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You win as a team, you lose as a team, you also do so many things together.
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I always send new writers to 'Writer's Digest Books' line-up of how-to books. I read them all when I was starting out, and they were very helpful.
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I just want to play for Hindus and Muslims that sit together. That's all I want to do.
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Money is a kind of poetry.
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A friend told me about the casting notice for 'Queer Eye.' I was in Chicago and I had a contract with 'Esquire' magazine, so had been coming to New York City regularly and thought I'd catch a cheap flight, crash on a friend's sofa and do this hilarious audition that I had no chance of winning.
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I was very obsessed with my music, and I think that, as a young girl, I really wanted to get into this business, and I don't think my parents really knew how to protect me.
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I understand that when people read my books that there's something there - but I don't identify with it.
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When you work on your own life, you are less likely to hyper focus on the imperfections of your husband.
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There are a whole bunch of roles where people say, 'Oh, you're playing yourself.' I guess it's kind of a compliment. Or people say, 'Oh, man, you just roll out of bed and do that.' The work is to make it look effortless. That's the hard part.
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If any fall by the hand of violence, others will continue the blessed work.
