April Pearson Quotes
I can't miss an episode of 'The Apprentice'. It is car-crash T.V. Sometimes I find myself hiding behind a cushion.
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Fitness, defending, the mental stuff - those were all weaknesses of mine. And I turned those into strengths.
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Success to me is having ten honeydew melons and eating only the top half of each slice.
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Gossip is the art of saying nothing in a way that leaves practically nothing unsaid.
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I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party.
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Life is a dead-end street.
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I had cooked a lot in restaurants, in Rocky Point and on golf courses on Long Island, and my mother said, 'Be a chef,' and my dad said, 'Be a lawyer.' But instead, I auditioned for N.Y.U.'s Tisch School of the Arts.
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I will continue my activities related to education in one way or another. I certainly would have at the top my agenda, with respect to education, the need to do much better with modern educational technology.
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Sainthood is acceptable only in saints.
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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My brother was a big marathoner. He was a great collegiate runner at Beloit College. He won his conference's races, and he did tons of marathons. I would go out and run with him every once in a while just to hang out with him.
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We are ever striving after what is forbidden, and coveting what is denied us.
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I have a daughter, Hanna, and I never read fairy tales to her. But I did tell her bedtime tales and made up many tales involving 'Gory the Goblin' and other creatures that I borrowed from the Grimms' tales and other tales I knew.
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I still paint. I love the joy that color can give to our lives and to our communities. I try to bring something of the artist in me to my politics.
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Internet governance is an oxymoron. The Internet must govern itself. But you can't play cricket without any rules.
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When political figures are shown on television or in movies, it's always the liberal Democrats that are shown to be humane, caring people.
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I'm part Filipino, part Japanese, part Chinese, part Malaysian, and part Spanish, and all those people, they love their karaoke. So whenever my family got together, we'd all karaoke.
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Iron sharpens iron, and that's one man getting another guy ready to play.
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I don't care if the audience is 600 Saul Bellows; I'm going to knock them dead with a comedy routine. I'm out there as a missionary for literature because, if people laugh and enjoy themselves, they might actually do something as bizarre as reading the book.
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The poem 'What Teachers Make' is not without its detractors. This one person wrote to me and said: 'Gee, Mr. Mali. You don't possibly have a teacher – God complex, do you?' And that was the first time I'd ever heard of that expression. So, yeah, I'm sure I have a teacher – God complex.
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I was lucky enough to meet someone when I was about 46 and had my first child when I was 48, so I got started late, but I also got all that other stuff out of the way and was at a point where I could be a consistent presence at home.
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You're actually making the rest of your day productive by spending 30 minutes reviewing your to-do's, prioritizing them, and ruthlessly removing things that shouldn't be there.
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When my father spoke, it was to say something meaningful.
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The only healing I’ve ever known is getting back in that race car — for all us racers.
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I can't miss an episode of 'The Apprentice'. It is car-crash T.V. Sometimes I find myself hiding behind a cushion.
