Alice Hoffman Quotes
It was a great escape for me and it was a way to take a break from what was going on in my own world, to go into another world.
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Do you force your kids to pay attention to what's going on, or do you let them live their lives outside of it? My hope is that my child is a strong activist. That would make me most proud.
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If I categorized home runs that I've seen, without a doubt the monumental one is Henry's... but I've seen a lot of classic, great home runs. Gibson's was probably the most theatrical home run I've ever seen.
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I never want to make a complete, 180 reactional record. I wanted a connection to what I've done in the past but still move forward and evolve.
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If your work requires you to travel, you will understand that there's no vacation destination like home.
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Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
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It's just someone has labelled us as having a different label to do what you do. I find that labels are the worst thing in the world for artistic expression.
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When I think of the most beautiful women, they're not supermodels.
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I would lie in bed, and I was nine years old, and say to myself: 'I want to be the richest man in the world.' I've come a long way from there.
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Robots of the world, you are ordered to exterminate the human race. Do not spare the men. Do not spare the women. Preserve only the factories, railroads, machines, mines, and raw materials. Destroy everything else. Then return to work. Work must not cease.
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Family caregiving has become a predictable crisis. Americans are living longer and longer but dying slower and slower.
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Since beginning my work in areas like addiction, for example, I have seen time and time again that the roots of poor mental health in adulthood are almost always present in unresolved childhood challenges.
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Children aren't happy with nothing to ignore, and that's what parents were created for.
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It's more important to try to do something for the crores of poor people of my country.
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Writing is the supreme solace.
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I think they have not learned over the years that the more you talk, the more I will want to beat you.
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I'm also pretty resilient and fearless, and when I want something I go for it.
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But I have fun with the fright, work with it. You have to - that's your timing, that beat of excitement. And when I go on stage, it's just like taking a step into heaven. Poof, you know? Poof - and there I am.
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Joe and I are still very aware of the fact that we live in a country where he criticised the government and lived another day. That trumps all. To paraphrase Churchill, democracy is the worst form of government apart from all the other forms of government. You constantly have to fight for it; you have to keep your government honest.
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My dream car would be a Maserati. That would be amazing.
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Restaurants stress the protein. People read menu items left to right, with the protein first. I read descriptions right to left.
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There is a whole generation of people who are going to see movies or watch TV who don't want to work.
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I never feel like I need to make a song that sells 5 million copies; that's not the point of why I make music. It's great if that happens, like it did with 'Clarity,' but my goal is to always make a better track than the last one.
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The question is, can we have a more peaceful, effective relationship with Russia, utilizing interests that are similar in a realistic way to make this world a safer place and get off this dangerous hostility with Russia.
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It was a great escape for me and it was a way to take a break from what was going on in my own world, to go into another world.
