Valerie Jarrett Quotes
My daughter is, of course, perfect. Everyone's child is, but mine really is perfect. But I could not have raised her without my parents. From the time she was seven months until now, I have been a single parent.
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I am neither a Bengali nor am I from Delhi's St Stephen's. I am an Allahabad boy.
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It's always hard, when introducing readers to a new world/set of rules, not to lay it all out manual-style in the opening chapters but make sure to put the action and the characters at the front. If people don't become invested in them and in the story, the world in which it's set will become a burden.
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For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.
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There's certain things as a songwriter that I don't really care to write about, and there are certain things I won't sing about anymore. There are just so many things that I probably thought was OK for me, or have been in the past, that I would never want my son to think was OK.
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My kids are free to do what ever they want. Because I only advise. I don't make them do anything.
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Steve Jobs has been right twice. The first time we got Apple. The second time we got NeXT. The Macintosh ruled. NeXT tanked. Still, Jobs was right both times.
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I don't like talking to celebrities.
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Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.
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The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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We're trying to build a platform utilizing the Internet that allows the good American people to speak out about their frustration about the polarized country that we live in politically.
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Live every day as if it's going to be your last, and one day, you'll be right.
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I had to create some good work habits and attitude.
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A well begun is half ended.
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I am deeply immersed in my medical work, and it can get very intense, but I believe that the connection and devotion is key. You can not work on diseases as devastating and deadly as Lassa and Ebola without complete trust and respect for the individuals with whom you work. My lab and colleagues are just extraordinary, and we are a family.
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All kids are selfish. I wanted to do homework and do my thing and call my agent. My mother's needs weren't in my mind at that moment.
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Democracy requires common ground on which all can stand, but that ground is sinking beneath our feet, and democracy may be going down the sinkhole with it.
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Kids get a lot of lip service in disaster planning, but they tend to get far fewer resources than they need. The mantra of 'children are our most valuable resource' is almost never matched by actual funding.
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'Prison Notebooks' gives me a basic understanding of how power can influence people through cultural products and intellectual groups, so they will voluntarily support the hegemony.
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Growing up, I was always chubby. My girlfriends were always running around in two-pieces, and I never felt comfortable to do that.
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We can all agree that the unexamined life is not worth living, but if all you're doing is examining, you're not living.
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Honesty is a complex and tricky thing, and we don't want to be honest all the time.
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I don't like tattoos because tattoos are forever.
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I'm from Iowa, we don't know what cool is!
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My daughter is, of course, perfect. Everyone's child is, but mine really is perfect. But I could not have raised her without my parents. From the time she was seven months until now, I have been a single parent.
