Lois Frankel Quotes
We need a national family leave policy that will allow both men and women to take paid time off from work to care for a newborn or a sick relative.
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'Frontline' started doing digital content in 1995. We started streaming our films in 2000.
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Novel writing is far and away the most exhausting work I know.
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I particularly like Hershey's chocolate - the kind which has almonds in it.
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People speak of the fear of the blank canvas as though it is a temporary hesitation, a trembling moment of self-doubt. For me it was more like being abducted from my bed by a clown, thrust into a circus arena with a wicker chair, and told to tame a pissed-off lion in front of an expectant crowd.
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The making of documentaries for 'Humanoids From The Deep,' 'Galaxy Of Terror' and 'Forbidden World' are absolutely fascinating.
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I don't know how you make decisions in your life, but I weigh lots of things, and it's not always the purest of things for why I take a job or do this. I always try to think of the many different factors in my life, and not one is pure greed. One is pure quality of life.
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Don't try to guess what it is people want and give it to them. Don't ask for a show of hands. Try your best to write what you like, what you think your friends would like and what you think your father would like and then cross your fingers... The most valuable thing you have is your own voice.
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I got drunk when I was five. Everybody gets drunk before they're 21.
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Kids are taking music for free all the time. They have Spotify, Pandora... The record companies aren't making the kind of music that they used to make. Artists make their money on tours, not from album sales.
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I'm working on my new album right now. Hopefully to get that out at the top of 2005, January 2005.
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All you wanna do in life is do what you do well. That's when you're happiest.
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Predominantly I'm an Adidas guy who walks around in sports gear all the time because there's always a ball right next to me somewhere. I do a lot of sports, but I do enjoy wearing a lot of suits.
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The vote means nothing to women. We should be armed.
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I like the idea of being so passionate about everything I do and the fact that I might wake up tomorrow and say 'I want to be a chef,' and just pour myself into that.
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I think it's possible to be multi-rooted, rather like a banyan tree, without being deracinated.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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I view myself as a male artist.
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A lot of times, you think you want something, and then you find something completely different.
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'Green' cannot be allowed to become an excuse for stealth taxes. And nor should 'green taxes' be about punishment. Instead, they should represent a switch of emphasis. So if domestic flights are taxed, it should be on the absolute condition that the money is ploughed into improving the alternatives, such as trains.
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Like I said, everybody has got something they have to deal with health-wise, and everybody's human. I should look after myself better, but so should everybody, right?
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The things a man has to have are hope and confidence in himself against odds, and sometimes he needs somebody, his pal or his mother or his wife or God, to give him that confidence. He's got to have some inner standards worth fighting for or there won't be any way to bring him into conflict. And he must be ready to choose death before dishonor without making too much song and dance about it. That's all there is to it.
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The harder you work, the luckier you get.
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My father has been by my side since I was little. He takes care of things, my finances and my family.
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We need a national family leave policy that will allow both men and women to take paid time off from work to care for a newborn or a sick relative.
