Lurlene McDaniel Quotes
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There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.
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It ultimately becomes an asset to be part of a theatrical family if, indeed, you're good at what you do.
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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
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Fiction is optimistic or unrealistic enough to demand that there should be a meaningful narrative.
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I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.
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My husband passed away a long time ago, and of course a lot of people have courted me. I've been taken to dinner and also to things like Larry Hagman, in particular years ago. And more recently, of course, little Hugh Jackman - and he's too young for me though, frankly.
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I think the most expensive thing I've bought thus far is my Rolex.
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I see that it is impossible to remember a long poem without practice and repetition; so is forgetfulness of the words of instruction engendered in the heart that has ceased to value them.
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Only when the sense of the pain of others begins does man begin.
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Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising.
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I always feel that most people out there who aren't sure if the gym is really for them aren't prepared to pay and find out.
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The science of operations, as derived from mathematics more especially, is a science of itself, and has its own abstract truth and value.
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I want to develop Katihar as an ideal district. That is my dream for my constituency.
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I am all in favor of growing the American economy and engaging in trade with the world, but not at the expense of American workers. The North American Free Trade Agreement is a perfect example of this. Ask the textile workers of North Carolina how NAFTA worked out for them - if you can find any.
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My job as an author is to tell the story in the best way possible, to make it flow seamlessly and get the reader to keep turning the page.
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In my own case, the most inflammatory statements I have ever made are ones that I have written and remain willing to defend.
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When it comes to extracurricular activities, many children are getting too much of a good thing.
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I think if anybody had the opportunity to stay in one place and play ball, they would.
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Kaffirs are as a rule uncivilised-the convicts even more so. They are troublesome, very dirty and live almost like animals.
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I have pretty ecumenical tastes. I'm interested in a lot of different kinds of music, so I don't listen with a jaundiced ear to music because it's in a certain category, whether it's country or opera or hip-hop or bebop or whatever it is.
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I like David Lynch; I like Stanley Kubrick. I'm a big fan of Kubrick.
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Lincolnshire is the Idaho of England. You were either going to drive a tractor for the rest of your life or head for the city to work in a factory.
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While I am a huge proponent of us as Africans telling our own stories and countering the negative stereotypes out there since no one else will, I am also cognizant of the power that the mainstream Western media still has on shaping perceptions of the continent.
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So long as one person remembers you, you'll never really be dead.
