Allison Pearson Quotes
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But what you realise after you've been in the business for a while is that people develop opinions about you that don't have anything to do with your music, they like or dislike you for a million reasons, they like or dislike you for your last record.
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I use honey to condition my hair and eggs for protein. Also, mayonnaise and olive oil are great options for keeping it moisturized.
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Corruption is everywhere. It's not just in the Congress. Corruption is not just your prerogative or mine.
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I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.
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Normally, when congee is served, the different condiments and garnishes are placed in little bowls on the side so diners can make their own personal creations.
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That's what fiction writers do: create characters and do terrible things to them for the entertainment of others. If they feel guilty enough, they write happy endings.
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I have an appetite to always learn.
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I really don't like going out anymore. I used to love it, but now it's not fun. I'd rather have friends come over and hot have to worry about crazy people taking pictures.
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Being away from home for six months of the year and seeing your kids grow up on Skype all that time - I think I saw Molly walk for the first time on Skype. That's not good.
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I tell my students, even if you are an opinion journalist, your opinion should be based on facts.
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My mother giving birth to me was just like Lady Sybil giving birth, except that there wasn't such a tragic ending.
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The weather was turning cold and I remember that Dante was using nothing but natural light as his electric department was away, prepping the scene in the cave. We stayed on that rock for the whole day.
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I want to live my life naked, with all my little naked kids naked in the garden.
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I love action movies.
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My eyelashes are divas, so they will like a mascara brand one week or for a month, and then they'll just stop working for it. I go back and forth between Maybelline and Cover Girl, and then I carry around a primer, too.
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When computer systems cause errors, you can end up with The Dreaded NIGO - the 'not in good order' transaction.
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If people continue to feel like Democrats are looking after poor folks and Republicans are looking after rich folks and nobody is looking after me, then we don't get a lot of stuff done. And the trend lines evidence the fact that folks have gotten squeezed. And obviously, 2007, 2008 really ripped open for people how vulnerable they were.
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I don't see a lot of nature in L.A. Then again, I don't see a lot when I go back to St. Louis, either.
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I'm just waiting for the day when my songs aren't flying. Because I kind of believe in Murphy's law - if something can go wrong, it eventually will.
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Truth is not only stranger than fiction, it is more interesting.
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A good old man, sir. He will be talking. As they say, when the age is in, the wit is out.
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I like feeling like an ox at the end of the day. I like working hard.
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Giving subsidies is a two-edged sword. Once you give it, it's very hard to take away subsidies. There's a political cost to taking away subsidies.
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I don't believe for a minute that women really want to be understood by men.
