Alysia Reiner Quotes
My daughter loves to be surprised. And she loves to surprise me. She loves to create games where either one or both of us are surprised, or go away, and then come back. And she loves to play them over and over, and over again. The combo is familiar. Go away. Come back. Surprise! She is only two. I better get used to this.
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I'm the 1st black platinum artist in Detroit, solo artist in Detroit.
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It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer.
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When I was writing 'The Satanic Verses,' if you had asked me about the phenomenon that we all now know as radical Islam, I wouldn't have had much to say. As recently as the mid-1980s, it didn't seem to be a big deal.
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Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
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Corruption is in society and in every strata of society.
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Once your IQ is 150 or over, it stops beings ability and becomes a disability.
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The problem is not simply that the Singularity represents the passing of humankind from center stage, but that it contradicts our most deeply held notions of being.
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Questions are a burden to others; answers are a prison for oneself.
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The grandeur of Jerusalem is also... its problem.
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If humanity does not opt for integrity we are through completely. It is absolutely touch and go. Each one of us could make the difference.
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But I think mainly, you know, just up in the East Coast, it's where it all originated. You know, Philadelphia. It goes back to the beginning. So, you know, fans have a lot of history, and they love their teams up here.
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We all have very personal relationships to what happened on 9/11 and the events after tracking Osama bin Laden. Nobody can escape from the influence of that.
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When I first ran for Congress in 1998, people counted me out.
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When I first went to New York I was right out of high school, I was 17 years old, and I had never seen a building over two stories high.
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I think all musicians have at one time or another experienced one physical problem or another. I have had tendinitis a couple of times, so I try to be really careful. It takes patience and persistence to overcome injury.
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I think it's absolutely about time that we have as many female leads as male. It's a very exciting time to be an actress.
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That's what we're striving for, making us a contender in every race.
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Well, I'm about to do another western, a pilot for HBO this fall.
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With 'Dope Walk,' I wanted to bring back kids dancing and having fun again. That's how it used to be in Harlem. I remember everybody Harlem-shaking and 'Chicken Noodle Soup'-ing. Those were some of the most fun and memorable times in my life.
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You can't live a lie. You have to follow your heart.
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Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war—for killing people. We received ours for entertaining other people. I'd say we deserve ours more.
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Beyonce is one of my inspirations. Her attitude, her style, her voice... she's perfect.
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My grandma was very traditional, but she herself is a rebel of that culture.
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My daughter loves to be surprised. And she loves to surprise me. She loves to create games where either one or both of us are surprised, or go away, and then come back. And she loves to play them over and over, and over again. The combo is familiar. Go away. Come back. Surprise! She is only two. I better get used to this.
