Lucille Clifton Quotes
The end of a thing, is never the end, something is always being born like a year of a baby.
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The problem is foster youth don't really have this network that other kids have.
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I have a physical background. It's not like I'm a kung fu master, but my real training was dance school, and through that, I move to this thing called Capruera that I used in 'Ocean's 12.' I can pretend that I can do a lot of things, but then, I don't really master anything.
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People sometimes recognize me here, but they are very nice.
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The more you are getting older, you lose a little something. Of course there is another advantage, because of your long experience you can use it.
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A busybody's work is never done.
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Part of being a top-20 firm is mind-share.
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When I read, I take notes and underline things. So reading is a vigorous process for me, but I read in bed. My poor husband is trying to go to sleep, and I'm reaching over him to get the Post-it notes.
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I wanted to be a Teacher with a big T: teach the whole planet. It led me into writing and speaking to large groups.
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Whoever sets any bounds for the reconstructive power of the religious life over the social relations and institutions of men, to that extent denies the faith of the Master.
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It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good comedy, and it's hardest of all to write a drama with comedy. Which is what life is.
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Cornwall has lots of folk and Celtic music and has that kind of surfer vibe as well. That was my kind of upbringing.
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For faithful Catholics, communion is not just a nice ritual: It is the body and blood of Jesus Christ, and the ultimate sign of our willingness to be incorporated into the church.
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I didn't know what it was not to work hard as I grew up.
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Death ends a life, not a relationship.
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Religion is meant to teach us true spiritual human character. It is meant for self-transformation. It is meant to transform anxiety into peace, arrogance into humility, envy into compassion, to awaken the pure soul in man and his love for the Source, which is God.
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I would vote for the man who's lived life, who's done different occupations, who's been out in the real world and struggled to make a living, struggled to raise a family, struggled with life as it exists. So I'd vote for experience, honest experience.
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If people still trust me with a funny line, then that is fine. If that is what gets me work.
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I think it is important to let your kids have independence and ownership. Let your kids do what they have a passion for.
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I am known to be able to take care of myself when I become angry. I don't mince words.
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When I write, I want something to sound good itself.
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I know a lot about Judy Garland. She was born in 1922, and I think she died in '69. When I was little, like, when I was 8, I knew all of her husbands' names.
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If the end is right, it justifies the beans!
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Why do economists fall in love with authoritarian governments?
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The end of a thing, is never the end, something is always being born like a year of a baby.
