Lisa Vidal Quotes
When I'm home, I'm just mom. We're a normal, regular family doing normal, regular types of things.
Quotes to Explore
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I love my work but do not know how I write it.
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I discovered Einstein said the same thing about his celebrated theories of relativity that writers say about their work when he said he didn't have any feelings of personal possession of these ideas. Once they were out there, they came from somewhere else. And that's exactly the feeling when you write. You don't feel possessive about it.
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Get me well so I can get on television and tell people to stop smoking.
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I believe that I have been basically anarchistic, anti-religion and anti-industry and business. In other words, anti-bureaucracy. I would like to see people behave well without having to have priests stand by, politicians stand by, or people collecting bills.
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Families are families. We've all got them, more or less, and we all know what it's like to be bullied by another generation.
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If you expect the blessings of God, be kind to His people.
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When a show has gotten as much attention as this one, everyone wants to join in with something to say.
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Dating is a numbers game. What we try to promise is good first dates. Once that first date happens, it's really up to you.
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I am sometimes sad when I hear the personal stories of Tibetan refugees who have been tortured or beaten. Some irritation, some anger comes. But it never lasts long. I always try to think at a deeper level, to find ways to console.
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You think you're looking at things all the time, but you're not looking at things, you're looking at what your brain is interpreting through light and color. And who knows what everybody else sees?
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I always try to block out an hour or so a day to read. Being a writer is a job, and reading helps train my brain in the right direction.
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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Writers, not psychiatrists, are the true interpreters of the human mind and heart, and we have been at it for a very long time.
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I believe we can, and must, strike a balance between our shared American values of religious liberty and freedom from discrimination. My concerns lie with the possible consequences of politically-driven legislation which claims to promote religious liberty but instead rolls back the legal protections held by LGBT Americans.
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I had this revelation, you are a lot better at the between-song stuff than you are at the song stuff. That was devastating. And I usually find devastating things to be pretty valuable.
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My mom was dying for me to write a book, she was my biggest advocate.
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Ten years ago I said, you know, my goal is to be able to get food on the table. What I'm trying to say by that is trying to create a vibrant, capable and effective middle class. The quicker and stronger that we can be able to do this, the easier it is for political reform to move forward.
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I love scary movies. The Shining and Don't Look Now are two of the best.
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Top knots are the easiest thing to create.
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This is precisely why you choose to run for office and get elected. You're asking the people to let you be their voice. I don't think there is a more powerful and intense experience than the opportunity to be the voice of the 307 million people living in this country.
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Moths are okay. Actually, moths don't bother me near as much as, say, spiders do.
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When under attack, no country is obligated to collect permission slips from allies to strike back.
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When I'm home, I'm just mom. We're a normal, regular family doing normal, regular types of things.
