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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The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise he will move in a world of the dead. He can only gain that conception through personal experience, and he can only use his personal experiences when he is a genius.
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I think when you're in your 20s, going from adolescence to about 24, I think your life is a series of emotional storms that you have to weather. Life is more emotional at that time, and you're less equipped to deal with what life throws at you. I always think that if you can get past 24, than life really starts at that point.
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I think marriage is a good thing for children, because it gives them a feeling of security.
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Recruiting is the hardest part of any business, but in charity, it is 10 times harder.
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I never saw a moor, I never saw the sea; Yet know I how the heather looks, And what a wave must be. I never spoke with God, Nor visited in heaven; Yet certain am I of the spot As if the chart were given.
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I cry at Kodak commercials.
