Alexi Zentner Quotes

I love teaching creative writing, and I think I'm good at it, but in a different life, I could have been teaching elementary school.

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• With freedom comes responsibility, and I can think of no responsibility greater than putting on a U.S military uniform and standing in the gap between an enemy threat and civilian life.

  

  Zack Wamp
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• I believe honor thy mother and father is not just a good commandment to live by, it is good public policy to govern by. That is why I feel so strongly about Medicare.

  

  Barbara Mikulski
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• At my father's request I took up the study of law at the University of Zurich In 1863.

  

  Carl Spitteler
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• I try to support stories that enable us to see the difficulties in our society and the challenges we face, which is why I've also produced documentaries like 'Brick City' and 'Serving Life.'

  

  Forest Whitaker
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• In the theater, it's a visceral and physical response because you move around so much. You have to do something physical to pull you in. On TV or in movies, everything is so small. You can just lock into a character and ease yourself into that way.

  

  LaTanya Richardson
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• I still like my antique clothes.

  

  Barbra Streisand
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• People really love editorial cartoons, and I think publishers understand that.

  

  Walt Handelsman
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• You're always going to have people that are naysayers, that don't believe in your talent, that don't believe that you have any kind of longevity.

  

  Vanessa Williams
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• If a country forgets where it came from, how will its people know who they are?

  

  Pat Buchanan
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• Growing up, I always wanted to sing.

  

  Damian McGinty
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• If contemporary artists sincerely seek to be original, unique, and new, they should begin by disregarding the notions of originality, individuality, and innovation: they are the cliches of our time.

  

  Octavio Paz
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• I've always challenged myself and the people who work with me to take new approaches to traditional business challenges, to push the envelope and constantly ask whether our sacred cows are still producing great milk.

  

  Irene Rosenfeld
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• I don't think Ripley is gay. He appreciates good looks in other men, that's true. But he's married in later books. I'm not saying he's very strong in the sex department. But he makes it in bed with his wife.

  

  Patricia Highsmith
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• The Moon! Artemis! the great goddess of the splendid past of men! Are you going to tell me she is a dead lump?

  

  D. H. Lawrence
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• I have always stood in awe of the camera. I recognize it for the instrument it is, part Stradivarius, part scalpel.

  

  Irving Penn
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• Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all.

  

  Samuel Johnson
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• What's clear - and exciting - is that communication for social change is growing.

  

  Aaron Koblin
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• I believe fantasy and dreaming can be made a reality. You don't have to be rich. You don't have to be a VIP.

  

  Rachel Zoe
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• I was studying communications and acting, and I decided over the summer that I wanted to work on my acting skills and perform in a pageant. I didn't have any other way of practicing, so I entered the Miss Rhode Island pageant. I ended up wearing a dress that was a $20 rental. It was too short, and there was a hole in the back of it.

  

  Olivia Culpo
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• My parents were both Democrats and I grew up as a Democrat. Basically I was told that the Democrats were the party that cared about people. I liked people and I cared about them, so I was a Democrat.

  

  Eric Greitens
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• When I was a young person working, everybody was older than me, so I had to kind of keep up. I'd see every movie and listen to everything played, and read all the relevant books. Being an actor, it's kind of your job to know what came before you and how big your feelings are allowed to be.

  

  Natasha Lyonne
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• California continues to lead the nation in the fight against climate change, and electrifying our transportation sector is the next game changer.

  

  Geisha Williams
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• Every experience in your life is being orchestrated to teach you something you need to know to move forward.

  

  Brian Tracy
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• I love teaching creative writing, and I think I'm good at it, but in a different life, I could have been teaching elementary school.

  

  Alexi Zentner
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