Amos Lee Quotes
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The little I know I owe to my ignorance.
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Every story I write adds to me a little, changes me a little, forces me to reexamine an attitude or belief, causes me to research and learn, helps me to understand people and grow.
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The goal with a big piece of social legislation is to have a bipartisan result, so the country will accept it.
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The more one listens to ordinary conversations the more apparent it becomes that the reasoning faculties of the brain take little part in the direction of the vocal organs.
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I don't think I've ever used the word 'gay rights,' because I don't really believe in rights based on your behavior.
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I think for my bones and my size, I better stay with my 60 kilo.
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Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.
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The lesson I learned is that sometimes the task you have at hand needs all of your concentration and focus.
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If I hadn't been a model, I couldn't have become a movie actress.
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My father died when I was nine and a half. We were on relief for two years. They call it welfare now, but it was relief then... I never forgot the generosity of New York.
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I'll always be a foreigner.
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In the aftermath of September 11, it has been made clear to us that our foreign policy can no longer afford to narrowly focus on short-term benefits. For our nation's long-term security, we must be active in promoting American values abroad through our foreign policy.
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As much as I don't want to admit it, I really am a people pleaser. If I throw a party at my house, it's hard for me to relax. I'm too obsessed with whether everyone's having a good time.
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When I was growing up, I was obsessed with 'Cagney and Lacey.'
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Do activities you're passionate about - which make your heart and soul feel perky - including things like working out, cooking, painting, writing, yoga, hiking, walking, swimming, being in nature, being around art, or reading inspiring books.
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I was once sitting on a tube, and someone was playing my song so loudly through their ear phones next to me. I just stayed silent and chuckled to myself.
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Life is too short, and I need to eat. I am my meanest when I haven't had a meal.
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Children are our future, and God loves the children.
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But a man's character is his fate... and in the end there isn't any way to disguise the nature of the knocks by acoustical work on the door or gloving the knuckles.
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One lesson I learned from 'The Monstrumologist' was never to get too attached to your own characters. That's harder in practice than in theory. At the end of the third book - which coincided with the end of my contract - I was an emotional wreck. I mourned Will Henry and Warthrop.
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In the end, what affects your life most deeply are things too simple to talk about.
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My mother was asked to be a model when she was younger, but my father had not let her, so she was quite keen on me becoming a model. I just went off without telling my dad. I took off to Paris and never came back, but when I became a success and started making money, he was very proud of me.
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I want my children to experience as much creativity as possible. That's what sets your mind on fire.
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I love vinyl, man.
