Maria Monk Quotes
Standing near the door, we dipped our fingers in the holy water, crossed and blessed ourselves, and proceeded up to the sleeping-room, in the usual order, two by two.
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I think a strong dollar is the result of policies, but I don't think the strong dollar is in and of itself a policy.
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We are seeing at the Republican National Committee a phenomenon that is worth noting this week; maybe today, maybe tomorrow, maybe Wednesday, we will have a million first time donors since the president took office.
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Comparing in the past years, Tamyra Gray and everyone else that didn't win but their careers are doing well.
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Since the moment I could hold a pencil, I have spent nearly all day every day writing. And there is not an age group that I have not written for. You can read me from birth 'til death.
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I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.
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Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.
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I am also a drummer of sorts. I've got an electronic set sitting in my bedroom.
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Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
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What keeps me up at night is poverty and unemployment.
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But as long as you're creating the art you want to create, if people start liking you, you shouldn't have to apologize. You want your stuff to be heard by as many people as possible.
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I believe that there may be intelligent life on other planets.
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You gotta take care of the people that are part of the foundation. If you don't, it crumbles.
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You want a career? Do that first. You don't want to have kids? Then don't. You don't want to get married? Then don't. But once you do something, you've got to know that there is compromise.
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I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.
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I learned that kids in show business are so different from regular, average students. They would gather behind you and help you to succeed in any way possible.
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When I was starting out, I always wanted to be able to do everything - comedy and drama and action, and everything in between. Film is so diverse, and it's fun to be able to take advantage of all of it.
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It's rural America. It's where I came from. We always refer to ourselves as real America. Rural America, real America, real, real, America.
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I kept hiding my smile in pictures throughout middle school and most of high school until picture day came my senior year.
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To have survived in radio for 30 years is pretty remarkable. Even more remarkable is to have been able to do it in the same market I've lived in my whole life.
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I've never abandoned the novel.
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High school is such an awkward, difficult time, and I think a lot of people can't wait to explore the world because it's such a bubble.
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India needs to sustain its high growth rate.
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In the early 1970s in Atlanta, I attended what had formerly been an all-white school but had become a black school after integration and white flight. Perhaps because of this, the teachers created a curriculum that included a focus on African American literature and history year-round, not just in February.
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Standing near the door, we dipped our fingers in the holy water, crossed and blessed ourselves, and proceeded up to the sleeping-room, in the usual order, two by two.
