Anne Rice Quotes
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My mother was a very beautiful lady, I thought. She was very good to me. I guess - she died when I was nine and a half, but if she had lived, I probably wouldn't be trying to play guitar. She wanted me to be known, but as something else. Not a guitar player.
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You can't judge your characters or otherwise; it's not about you, it's about them.
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My family moved from California to New Jersey in the beginning of my sophomore year of high school. I will never forget the first day in a new school, walking into the cafeteria during lunch and not knowing a single soul. I didn't feel confident enough to share a seat at just anyone's table.
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Random chance plays a huge part in everybody's life.
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Of all Iraq's rocket scientists, none drew warier scrutiny abroad than Modher Sadeq-Saba Tamimi.
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I definitely associate music with color. For example, my first record has a red cover but it is totally green and blue to me.
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I don't really think about the runs too much. I mean, if we get, like, a five-run lead, then I'll start to pitch according to that.
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Capitalism is about adventurers who get harmed by their mistakes, not people who harm others with their mistakes.
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Good music is good music, but it has to be good.
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When I was 23, I founded an organization called Dress for Success, which is now in more than 100 cities in 8 countries and has helped a million women transition from welfare to work.
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I don't accept gifts from perfect strangers - but then, nobody's perfect.
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I feel like I've been the star of my own show for a while now. I was always putting on shows as a kid, and obviously, my household was really creative.
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I am only interested in bad taste if I can enjoy a gruesome tango or watch a movie that makes me cry.
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I've already fought my share. God gave me a rich, eventful career, and I thank God for everything, but I'm done fighting.
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I left my mark on 'Dark Shadows.' One day I was doing my lines perfectly from Act 3. Everyone else was doing Act 2.
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I think the last game console I had was Super Nintendo. I remember once I played the Sega Genesis. But Super Nintendo was my last game device. I played outside more. I liked kickball and baseball.
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What is most important to the history of the world? The Taliban or the collapse of the Soviet empire? Some stirred-up Moslems or the liberation of Central Europe and the end of the Cold War?
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I go out, but not too much. When I'm on tour, I just write a lot of music and sleep.
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I pray before everything. When I wake up, before I eat, before I perform, before I go to sleep, in the moments I need guidance.
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International friendlies, they mean something, but what you want is to play on the biggest stage, play under the lights.
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Passengers want options, and when they have options, like passenger rail, they choose them.
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They've been excellent appointments. These people are in the tradition of strong, well-qualified, non-ideological economists.
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I heard that someone asked Mother Teresa what was most important in her work. I thought she'd say the Rosary but she said, 'My nuns and I take very good care of ourselves so we can tend to the lepers and do whatever we need to assist.' If you're strong, or at least not hurting, you can inspire others.
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'And when a strong man is sweet, even Goddesses look down from Mount Olympus.'
