Alice Ripley Quotes
There were eleven kids, and we all shared a bathroom. It was enough to drive us all insane.
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It was kind of easier for me to do records that didn't take a year or two years of my life to write and to make.
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The only time I really eat out is when I'm on the road. Then, I make the same choices that I would make at home - salmon and lots of oily fish and veggies.
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A novel is not a rant.
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Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.
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The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself.
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Why would I want a place of my own? Then I would have to things worry about, like doing laundry and having food in the fridge.
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I love Bob Altman. I always admired him so much because I always thought he was a genuine voice.
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We do have serious energy needs for the country, we are aware that natural gas is especially in demand because of its air quality benefits: 90 percent of new power plants have been natural gas-powered.
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I'm very ambitious, but I also love myself - which means I try to take care of myself.
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No one connected intimately with a writer has any appreciation of his temperament, except to think him overdoing everything.
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You don't have to feel confident to act confident. In fact, it's the most important acting job you can learn.
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Look for inspiration in books, magazines, and even other people's homes - then be brave and take a chance with a room in your home.
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If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
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You could cover the whole earth with asphalt, but sooner or later green grass would break through.
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If you only believe that you're an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that's quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next.
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We must admit with humility that, while number is purely a product of our minds, space has a reality outside our minds, so that we cannot completely prescribe its properties a priori.
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When police or security personnel work in schools, they should follow the community policing model that integrates officers into school life, not just involve them when trouble arises.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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I sang in church, but growing up in the neighborhood, music was more of an expression of relief or entertainment.
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Bad, quirky poetry might be better than some of the good stuff, because it really comes from the heart.
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I'm very pro-science and pro-technology; I believe that these have been key drivers of progress in the world in the last centuries.
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My philanthropy is no relation to anybody else's. None. My philanthropy and what we do at the foundation speaks for itself and has no relation to anyone's.
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Track and field is the best way to reach out for kids. It doesn't matter how fast you are. You always want to beat someone.
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There were eleven kids, and we all shared a bathroom. It was enough to drive us all insane.
