Alice Ripley Quotes
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One of the things you want as a successful writer is the anonymity.
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The composition of the primary is so different than when I was first elected governor in 1978.
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In America, the stories we tell ourselves and we tell each other in fiction have to do with individualism. Every person here is the center of his or her own story. And our job as people and as characters is to find our own motivations and desires, to overcome conflicts and obstacles toward defining ourselves so that we grow and change.
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I don't want to do the nerdy, goofy guy again. That was really fitting for the 'Napoleon' world, but that's kind of where I want it to stay.
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I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose it.
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Some people are your relatives but others are your ancestors, and you choose the ones you want to have as ancestors. You create yourself out of those values.
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The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil.
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Fragility is the quality of things that are vulnerable to volatility.
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There have been some hard times, people around me supported me.
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I usually agree with Rush Limbaugh; therefore I usually don't listen to him.
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There's nothing romantic about my work... I don't believe in inspiration. I believe that you get to your desk, you stay there, you work, you think of nothing else. You write and you write, and in the end, you write something good.
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By night an atheist half believes a God.
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During the days in detention, I thought most about the moon.
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I love actresses who are brave and don't do what's expected of them or don't play off how they look or take risks.
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Adopting this lifestyle and opting to exercise has helped me a lot in life.
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I don't think you can catch lightning in a bottle twice.
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I have a real issue with radio these days. I just am not into the current music.
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I try to surround myself with people smarter than me - if I'm the smartest guy in the room, I change rooms.
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There is a premium on conformity, and on silence. Enthusiasm is frowned upon, since it is likely to be noisy. The Admiral had caught a few kids who came to school before class, eager to practice on the typewriters. He issued a manifesto forbidding any students in the building before 8:20 or after 3:00—outside of school hours, students are "unauthorized." They are not allowed to remain in a classroom unsupervised by a teacher. They are not allowed to linger in the corridors. They are not allowed to speak without raising a hand. They are not allowed to feel too strongly or to laugh too loudly. Yesterday, for example, we were discussing "The fault, dear Brutus, lies not in our stars/ But in ourselves that we are underlings." I had been trying to relate Julius Caesar to their own experiences. Is this true? I asked. Are we really masters of our fate? Is there such a thing as luck? A small boy in the first row, waving his hand frantically: "Oh, call on me, please, please call on me!" was propelled by the momentum of his exuberant arm smack out of his seat and fell on the floor. Wild laughter. Enter McHabe. That afternoon, in my letter-box, it had come to his attention that my "control of the class lacked control.
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The last two times I went to spring training, I had to win a job, and if I didn't get off to a blazing start, I'm on the bench. Now, I've proven myself, so it's not essential that I get off to a real good start.
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I'm amazed if people are happy in their own skin.
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It's important to surround yourself with good people, interesting people, young people, young ideas. Go places, learn new stuff. Look at the world with wonder - don't be tired about it.
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A noun is not a name you give something. It is something you watch becoming itself, and you have to have the patience to find out what it is.
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I cry at Kodak commercials.
