Lisa See Quotes
People come in and out of our lives, and the true test of friendship is whether you can pick back up right where you left off the last time you saw each other.
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Not really, drums found me, I just liked music, all kinds of music.
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The character I play is a wonderful compilation of things I hate about myself and things I love about myself and things that I've invented to make her even more interesting than me.
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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Sometimes I wonder where I am from. I am either way ahead or I come from another world. I don't recognise this world.
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If the 'Post' can play the role of a connector between the West and the East, I have confidence in the paper's future success.
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Oh I've done bungee jumping. Skydiving, I have motorcycles that I ride. I'm a little bit of an adrenaline junkie in that way.
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
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Actors don't have real value.
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We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of 'separate but equal' has no place.
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I paint. I still do it every day. I never neglected it. It's a gift. It's almost like religion for me. It's the quickest way for me to become still.
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You know what it's like to wake up in the middle of the night with a vivid dream? And you know that if you don't have a pencil and pad by the bed, it will be completely gone by the next morning. Sometimes it's important to wake up and stop dreaming. When a really great dream shows up, grab it.
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I was working for a Swedish TV show - I'm Swedish - who basically did kind of spectacular stories. It was almost like CBS '60 Minutes,' but a Swedish version where we actually did travel quite a lot. After a while, I realized that travel is the most fun part of this, so why not do it for a longer time and just go off and explore?
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A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people as no historical reconstruction can.
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China and Russia are regarded as the most formidable cyber threats.
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Everyone says romance goes flying out the window when you've been together for an X amount of time. I think it's all up to you.
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I know there are going to be big challenges financially, but I'm excited artistically. I think that if the experience is better artistically, then we have more hope in the future.
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With these big superhero movies, everybody is so tight-lipped about everything, there's a certain amount of just going on faith.
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I've looked after my money. As I started working around my third birthday, my first check went straight to the bank.
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When 'You've Lost that Lovin' Feeling' hit, we were doing a show called 'Shindig!' and the Righteous Brothers suddenly became big business.
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An overcrowded world is the ideal place in which to be lonely.
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Unfortunately, the higher you climb in social media, the more people will want to throw stones at you. But don't retaliate publicly.
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I'm just a normal girl. People have these preconceived notions about what movie stars are about and how we've grown up. My mother is pretty regular and raised us just like anyone else.
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I would be willing to do almost anything to make Art happy. I care about our friendship. The only thing I won't do is change the essence of my work.
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People come in and out of our lives, and the true test of friendship is whether you can pick back up right where you left off the last time you saw each other.
