Ida Tarbell Quotes
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I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my life.
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A mom can't afford to be sick.
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I think it just came to a point where I made a decision to do better with my life and health. And that is only by God's grace because there are no guarantees.
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I've got a 12-year-old grandson who, when he was 3 years old, before he could say many other words, could name the different kinds of dinosaurs.
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I was a dancer when I got discovered, and I started working immediately. I started being in commercials and doing guest star roles. My first big thing, which happened maybe six months after being discovered, was 'Bring It On: All or Nothing.'
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We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.
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It's funny how people who ain't never been down there can think that America is so fair and that we should be alright. It's funny that the people who have their foot on our neck are telling us, 'Get up. What's wrong with you?'
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When you're in the battlefield, survival is all there is. Death is the only great emotion.
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I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
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Punishment cannot heal spirits, can only break them.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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I don't weigh into politics.
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I think I just have a natural operatic aesthetic. I can't help it.
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But the issue has to do with land, which is our land.
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I think we should balance the federal budget tomorrow. I'm optimistic. I think Americans are optimistic. We went to the moon; we can balance the federal budget.
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Near the end of my career, I saw things that didn't make too much sense to me when I was a kid.
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The only routine with me is no routine at all.
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I'm not trying to set the world on fire; I just want to make really beautiful clothes that women want to wear, can afford, and can really see themselves in.
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My uniform is sweatpants, so crusted over with dried paint that they're as hard as a table. I wear T-shirts that are also covered in paint, and Crocs.
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In my field, you can't really wear the same dress twice unless you want Isaac Mizrahi to scorn you on TV.
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If you're an actor, a real actor, you've got to be on the stage. But you mustn't go on the stage unless it's absolutely the only thing you can do.
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I can't predict the future of football. I don't think it'll go the way of boxing because it's a team sport. It's built into our education systems, the flagship for a lot of universities' fundraising campaigns. So no, I don't think it'll go away.
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Why does an iPhone cost only a couple hundred dollars? Because, as the stage performer Mike Daisey depicted in an arresting one-man show called 'The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs,' Apple's shiniest products are made by a shadowy company in China called Foxconn.
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Life is but a collection of habits.
