Lisa Whelchel Quotes
When I did start writing books, I didn't realize it, but the girls that grew up watching the show became moms.
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I like being from a city that is not entrenched in show business. When you're in New York City or Los Angeles, even if you're not dealing with show business, there's still this sense that it's the center of the universe.
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I first read science fiction in the old British Chum annual when I was about 12 years old.
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It's the persona that makes you a leading actor. A leading actor has something extra that's fun to watch. But it isn't usually about acting.
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The great thing about writing is that it has to work without that invisible layer of the reader's added knowledge.
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Evolution - evolutionary change - does not happen quickly.
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When you have this many losses, you don't have a following.
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I knew Hunter Thompson since the '70s, and I loved him, but he would wear me out as I got older.
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One guy that I wish was here right now, Ted Williams, helped me so much, our long talks, not about hitting but about fishing, one of Ted's passions, and I wish he was here today to share this with me because I owe so much to Ted Williams.
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As long as I love Beauty I am young.
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They're making a song and dance because that serves their immediate interests. But what will happen tomorrow? They will have to pay salaries and pensions.
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Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' children.
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My philosophy is I'm raising future adults, not children.
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I play a lot of instruments. I write all my own music. I spend hours and hours a day in the studio. I'm a producer. I'm a writer.
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Comedians are always hitting the topical notes that are on everybody's minds.
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I've got a full plate, yes I do. That iPod, that's nice. A phone recorder? Nicely done. All right I'm a bit of a tech geek. I have a subscription to Popular Science and I keep up on all this stuff.
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I believe I can get faster because I have trained for it, and I'm doing faster times I've ever done in training.
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I love the American dream. I feel this is the place I was supposed to be in. It's beautiful. I love it.
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I started making music videos in my twenties and made my first feature, 'Guncrazy,' at 29. I then spent the greater part of my thirties directing features.
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Why not just do something a little more on the gentle side?
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I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience.
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I feel quite at home writing short stories but nervous and anxious when writing novels, as if the bad time of consecutive failures might arise again.
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Avon invented the concept of direct marketing and direct selling beauty. And that's still very valid to us. We'll have a firm that will be around for another 114 years as strongly as it was the first 114.
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When I did start writing books, I didn't realize it, but the girls that grew up watching the show became moms.
