Ashlee Simpson (Ashley Nicolle Ross-Næss) Quotes
I feel very confident with the way I look. But I felt just as confident the way I looked before. I've always been confident with who I am.
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Because we're in a small town and somewhat isolated from the fast lane of high tech, we've been able to grow and concentrate on our work instead of being distracted by the competition and getting caught up in the soap opera of Silicon Valley.
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'Lovejoy' has a special place in my heart because it was through my efforts that the series first came to the screen.
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During my second draft pass on my last book I made 20,000 words happen in a week, which is practically supernatural for me, and it would never have been possible without three nights in a hotel in my own city.
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I've discovered that the standard all-American dream of fame and fortune is not success for me. Success for me is simply the joy of working - doing good work - and then bringing that joy home to my family. But if what I do in my work doesn't enrich my life with my family, I'm doing the wrong thing.
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I love the secrecy of writing fiction. When I write a novel, I don't tell anybody what I'm doing. I'm living in my private world. And it's a great sensation.
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I saw an interview that I did with someone, and I was horrified by it. And I said to my wife, 'This is unbearable how I talk.'
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We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line.
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I'm on a search for the truth.
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I don't think about the press or the crowds or the other leaders of the race. The focus is only on myself. As soon as I see the targets, I tune them out.
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I want to do horror and action, and I'm only being slightly facetious.
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It's the irrational things that interest me.
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Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.
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I used to draw and make plastic figurines and watch 'Wallace and Gromit' films.
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I hate abortions, but just could not make that choice for someone else.
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I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention.
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Don't forget we are in a state of war and no peace. But it's very dynamic and challenging compared to the rest of the Arab world.
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There are always going to be critics... and I have always had a rule: no matter how good the commentary is, or how bad the commentary is, it's more important that you do what you think is right.
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The next time you feel unworthy, inadequate or inferior, remember that these experiences have nothing to do with humbleness, any more than lowering yourself to connect with another individual has to do with humbleness. There are no lower or higher individuals in the perception of a humble person. There are only souls. There is only love.
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I have always loved Las Vegas. It's a traditional place for lounge comics to perform, and I love that.
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Humanity, in the desperate attempt to fit 8 billion or more people on the planet and give them a higher standard of living, is at risk of pushing the rest of life off the globe.
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Man is so great that his greatness appears even in the consciousness of his misery. A tree does not know itself to be miserable. It is true that it is misery indeed to know one's self to be miserable; but then it is greatness also. In this way, all man's miseries go to prove his greatness. They are the miseries of a mighty potentate, of a dethroned monarch.
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I just have to be confident and actually try to do less, not try to do more.
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I feel very confident with the way I look. But I felt just as confident the way I looked before. I've always been confident with who I am.
