Cynthia Ozick Quotes
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Nothing scares me more than people with some doll collection.
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After the success of my first album and the success of 'Flow Joe' kind of faded, I was struggling to make some money and make ends meet.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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The artistic part of us all - I think that the easiest way to appreciate this - is through architecture. Architecture is very impressive; the beauty of buildings, temples.
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I endeavour to read more, be more informed on gay rights. Whatever floats your boat is my outlook. It's hard enough to be happy without having legislation against you, too.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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If you don't improve the lives of the poor, it's not charity.
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At times I wonder whether or not your role as a member of Parliament... may in fact inhibit a relationship developing.
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I make a living playing rock n' roll. I'm not going to complain about anything.
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And my friends, you ain't seen nothin' yet.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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Homecourt is everything in the NBA.
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People associate girls with long blonde hair with the girls in 'Clueless' or 'Legally Blonde.' You can't be smart and educated and have an opinion because you are supposed to be stupid.
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The basic law of capitalism is you or I, not both you and I.
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I consider everybody who takes themselves seriously to be a little bit off. And Silicon Valley seems to be the most effusive about how important their contributions are to society.
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There really are three types of 'religious' movies: the ones that make fun of it, the ones that vilify it and the ones that literally preach to the converted.
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Being an actor is a good way to earn a living. And to meet fabulous people. It's great to live very comfortably. I've been lucky, I've had a lot of fun with great roles, but it is true that if I were extremely rich, I would stop and I would go to play football on a beach in the Caribbean with my children.
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I could have gone on flying through space forever.
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Taste is the feminine of genius.
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I am no longer the left behind. I am the living. And I want everything this life has to offer. I stop for a second and look around at all the shops and stores and stalls. At all the people, going about their days, at all the moments they're living. This is what I want. I want to live every moment. I want to feel everything.
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Exigencies create the necessary ability to meet and conquer them.
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Many of our nation's great leaders began their careers at a service academy. I encourage anyone interested in a rewarding college experience or military career to apply as soon as possible.
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I think most of my life I have not felt recognized.
