Belinda Carlisle Quotes
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I stayed in the astronaut program until 1993. People ask me why I left. I thought I had a lot of things to contribute that would be difficult to do if I stayed. I thought I could have a stronger voice as an advocate for space exploration. So I ended up starting my own technology consulting company.
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I never accepted the premise that meetings themselves were bad.
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I grew up. I began to think the United States had some problems that really required the help of artistic people to solve. And I gave myself permission to be a writer instead of a civil servant.
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My hat's off to Shonda Rhimes.
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After the atomic bombs were dropped, the war ended and we went into Tokyo Bay with the rest of the fleet, the Missouri and the rest of them, while they signed the terms of surrender that ended the war.
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You get in before sunrise and you get out after sunset and you go home, eat and collapse. While you're aware of the ratings, you aren't prepared for the response of the fans.
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Although I now spend most of my time writing novels for teenagers and adults, 'readaloudability' is still a criterion I try to adhere to.
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What I can tell you is that for Puerto Rico being such a small island, it has culturally impacted the entire world.
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America can enjoy a vital, fully functioning government, with all the benefits provided by Texas, while reducing Texas at the same time.
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I want to live in a place where strangers rush to help someone in distress.
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In my life, there have always been people who guided my path, towards the school, towards this company. I didn't know about any of it. I didn't have a plan. It's good fortune and generosity from other people that have given me all I have today.
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The idea that somebody is going to come in and make your debt go away and all be well for the future is really a fantasy.
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I think Sephora is great; it's so accessible, and there are so many different palettes that you can get.
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Tonight the small are free from the great and the great protect the small.
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'Alyx,' she said, 'you're going to be a legend.''I already am, Captain,' she said.
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The good and the bad mix themselves so thoroughly in our thoughts, even in our aspirations, that we must look for excellence rather in overcoming evil than in freeing ourselves from its influence.
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If there ever are great revolutions there, they will be caused by the presence of the blacks upon American soil. That is to say, it will not be the equality of social conditions but rather their inequality which may give rise thereto.
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I think one has to regard it as a long term process. One has to remember that String theory, if you choose to date it from the Veneziano model, is already eighteen years old... that quantum electrodynamic theory towards which Planck was heading in 1900, took fifty years to emerge.
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In the end of five years I made supplication to the king to go out of this land, desiring to see my poor wife and children according to conscience and nature.
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I like Philip Larkin an awful lot; I really like his view on life, and I really connect to it.
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My focus is on music. I want to be able to see the world and meet fans everywhere. I think that's the priority for me and I literally couldn't be doing anything else.
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If you want to be an actor and you love acting, you can do it whether you're doing something else or not. You can be connected with community theater or make your own little movies. But if you want to be a movie star, you've got a tough road ahead of you.
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As an actor, you always use the tools of who you are and your experience of what you have to offer.
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There should be a lot of bands like the Go-Go's out there, but there aren't.
