Alice Ripley Quotes
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I still draw a lot though. Ballpoint pen is my preferred medium.
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To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity.
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I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but the living strength and majesty of the Commonwealth and Empire; of societies old and new; of lands and races different in history and origins but all, by God's Will, united in spirit and in aim.
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It was a matter of survival for the local people, but it was the most violent scene I have ever witnessed. The people in my group, feeling helpless, were all spellbound and aghast at the same time. I became a vegetarian shortly after that.
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If my child had prejudice in his head, I'd be ashamed. I would see it as my failure as a parent.
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I am not a name-dropper. I can't help it if everybody I know is famous.
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When the news is good, the BBC view is: 'Get the government out of the picture quickly, don't allow them to say anything about it.' When the news is bad: 'Let's all dump on the government.'
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I'm always watching people over a short time frame, putting them in an extreme position. Sometimes you don't see the humanity in a person because the time frame is so short and the circumstance so extreme.
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I was not the popular kid in school.
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I would probably do anything with David Mamet. He's so great. I just love his writing.
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I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader.
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Ability is nothing without opportunity.
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My job is making money, helping other people make money. I am spending money, trying to make sure more people get rich, because you cannot spend a lot of money, right? So my job is spending money, helping others. This is a headache.
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The only time to buy these is on a day with no 'y' in it.
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I like powerful women, and I gravitate to any point in history when a female has significant power. I can spend hours researching any such amazing lady, from Ching Shih to Hatshepsut to Boudica to Zenobia.
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Be as polite to the custodian as you are to the chairman of the board.
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That's the thing about fiction writers: what seems alarming or particular or perverse about them is simply the shape of their brain - they cannot be otherwise.
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It is better to be a has-been than a never-was.
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I always said what I thought and I didn't hold anything back.
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My demographic of people have been very supportive.
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There was a point in my life where I either wanted to be an astronaut, an actor, a veterinarian, or a pirate. I just thought being in space would be really cool, but then you have to have 20/20 vision, which I don't have, so there.
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I'm a pro. I understand you check your ego at the door. If you don't have it that night, you don't have it that night. But sometimes you're like, 'Give me that opportunity to grind through this'.
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All men are by nature born equally free and independent.
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I love D.C. I love working there.
