Lucy Larcom Quotes
Sometimes it seems to me that God's way of dealing with me is not to let me see much of my friends, those who are most to me in the spiritual life, lest I should forget that the invisible bond is the only reality. That is the only way I can reconcile myself to the inevitable separations of life and death.
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The gay community is very fickle. And I know because I'm part of it and I see it every day.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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True economy consists in always making the income exceed the out-go. Wear the old clothes a little longer if necessary; dispense with the new pair of gloves; mend the old dress: live on plainer food if need be; so that, under all circumstances, unless some unforeseen accident occurs, there will be a margin in favor of the income.
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If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em.
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I breathe martial arts every day of my life.
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For me, being an actress, my responsibility is not to pay attention to all the noise around me and to pay attention to the script and the director and protect the character and try to tell her story the best I can.
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I saw 'The Devil Wears Prada.' I don't think it's a reality.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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The actress they'd hired had refused to appear naked in front of the camera. I didn't like to appear naked either, but the first thing I did was take off my clothes and jump into the pool completely naked.
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But I was very, very unhappy because my mother was very charming and generous, but to me, very dominating.
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My parents played the radio, but music was never an obsession or something that I thought I could call a career.
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I don't harp on the negative because if you do, then there's no progression. There's no forward movement. You got to always look on the bright side of things, and we are in control. Like, you have control over the choices you make.
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The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work. Sometimes it'll work better than you expected.
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I never carry a purse. My iPhone is always with me, a credit card, and a piece of mint chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream gum.
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I was raised by very traditional Southern parents with Southern manners. You don't air your dirty laundry to people that aren't your family or your friends. Why would I ever want to portray myself as anything other than together?
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Beijing Coma took me 10 years to finish.
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There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.
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Touring helped me understand where I needed to be better in my music.
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It's more fun to keep stuff secret.
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They handled it very badly. It was disappointing and very humiliating. John York was very rude. He never consulted with me over what he said to the press.
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Shakespeare’s fault is not the greatest into which a poet may fall. It merely indicates a deficiency of taste.
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If I spent the rest of my life getting even with the people that had helped me out, I would never settle the score.
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When we are weak, then are we strong. When most empty of self, we are most full of God.
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Sometimes it seems to me that God's way of dealing with me is not to let me see much of my friends, those who are most to me in the spiritual life, lest I should forget that the invisible bond is the only reality. That is the only way I can reconcile myself to the inevitable separations of life and death.
