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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Poetry is an art, the easiest to dabble in, but the hardest to reach true excellence.
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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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I remember devouring the entire Hardy Boys series over one summer, enthralled by their bravery and cleverness.
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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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We have real enemies in the world. These enemies must be found. They must be pursued and they must be defeated.
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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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It's weird to me to see how different everyone's opinion of beauty is.
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I love London, even though the weather's not great. I've travelled the world and I've lived in Paris, Germany, Los Angeles and New York but I love the parks, the theatre and the Britishness and the way that all these communities have integrated.
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Fourth, come home from work and take an active role with your family. Don't put work, friends, or sports ahead of listening to, playing with, and teaching your children.
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It is painful beyond measure to lose a loving father and grandmother to violence.
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When I'm home, I'm just mom. We're a normal, regular family doing normal, regular types of things.
