Hillary Clinton Quotes
The children-my own and other people's-became the passion of my personal and professional life.
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Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease, and I'm sensitive.
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If monarchy is corrupting - and it is - wait till you see what overt empire does to us.
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I can't keep secrets about myself. I can keep secrets about other people, but if it's about myself, I'm like, 'blah blah blah blah.'
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If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.
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But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.
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I've achieved more than some people do in a lifetime, but it doesn't mean I've done it all.
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For many, the hijab represents modesty, piety and devotion to God, and I truly respect that. But the hijab should not be used as a means of applying social pressure on people.
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I write novels and other things.
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I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.
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The thing is, I've never been a handsome leading-man type, so let's not kid ourselves.
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My mother was adorable, a great giggler. My father was very strong and could be quite frightening.
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I play to see what I can accomplish. I don't play for fun. I play to see how good I can be.
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When I was 7 years old, I put on shows for everyone at my grandpa's funeral. I was always the little entertainer.
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I'm not a big fan of Putin. I'm not a big fan of Russia.
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My favorite Oscar story was a year my brother had been nominated, my whole family went.
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Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death.
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Americans underemployed or unemployed and a President Trump will put them back to work.
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All the time I was playing the flute, the lines, the solos, the riffs, the construction, were based on my guitar skills. I did not play the flute to exploit its natural faculties, but I used it as a surrogate guitar.
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The feeling of being an outsider was a big part of my childhood. I think that helps comedians. That feeling of being an outsider. That desire for a perspective that's all your own. The idea for me to make stuff myself with my own meaning came from that as well.
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After the Tiananmen Massacre, I felt compelled not only to continue writing but to actively resist the restrictions placed on freedom of speech. I set up the publishing company in Hong Kong, with offices in Shenzhen in mainland China, and managed to publish works of fiction, philosophy, and politics by unapproved authors.
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Hurricane season brings a humbling reminder that, despite our technologies, most of nature remains unpredictable.
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The line of least resistance in the progress of civilization is to make that theoretical postulate real by the continually increasing force of the world's public opinion.
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The children-my own and other people's-became the passion of my personal and professional life.
