Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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I learned that sometimes our struggles are a little bit bigger than us and talking about them and coming through and having the courage to get out of them. I learned how many I touched and inspired through the journey of 'Idol' because I was just singing on the show. I wasn't really being an advocate for anything.
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I think that any sort of fantasy or sci fi that is grounded in something that could ostensibly be real - 'Jurassic Park' being my favorite example - is that much more prescient because it means that much more. Maybe one day, what if?
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All I've done all my life is disobey.
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The older I get the more of my mother I see in myself.
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'Dancing with the Stars' is awesome.
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I got lost one time for a couple hours. It was pretty bad. I got lost in a creek, and I couldn't find my way back. The cops even had to come.
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I love snacks, but I'm kind of growing out of them. I'm getting into fruit and Clif Bars.
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I don't sleep. I hate those little slices of death.
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Number one, cash is king... number two, communicate... number three, buy or bury the competition.
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My dad has always been really helpful. He taught me that talent is a bonus, but persistence is what wins out.
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Even without an economic downturn, women sometimes want to keep their shopping habits to themselves.
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We seem to think we have some control over this planet.
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When he said we were trying to make a fool of him, I could only murmur that the Creator had beat us to it.
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The older I get, the less I know. By that I mean the less I am sure of. I view people with strong opinions on the big stuff with distrust. I don't think we should have certain certainties on faith and politics; I think we should be open-minded.
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I happen to think singing is hilarious, especially when it pops out at the wrong time.
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I learn my songs by ear.
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I land a higher percentage of punches than any boxer in boxing.
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Whenever you have a crisis, you're always going to have the extremists taking advantage of the situation.
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Base stealers are often considered their own breed: reckless, egocentric, even a touch mad.
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Prejudice against womenis many, many times intensified against older women. You are viewed not as an intellect but as a body.... Astonishingly, even women's liberation has paid extraordinarily little attention to the older woman and to the fact that her job is limited because she is older. They say that women shouldn't be sex objects, but you damned well better be a sex object if you want to get ahead in television.
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When the storytelling goes bad in a society, the result is decadence.
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Since obscenity is the truth of our passion today, it is the only stuff of art - or almost the only stuff.
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You can't become a CEO without working hard and delivering results, but that will only take you so far. Building and leveraging strong relationships with mentors and sponsors will take you the rest of the way.
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In skating over thin ice our safety is in our speed.
