Carol Alt Quotes
I am thrilled to be able to bring my vision of beauty to others who may be inspired by it.
Quotes to Explore
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There are a lot of things that I have not shared that I will never share. I do have a personal private life.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.
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Women I admired growing up - Debra Winger, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep - were all beautiful and thin, but not too thin. There are a lot of actresses who are unhealthy-skinny - much, much too skinny. You can't Pilates to that.
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I hope to get out before they start football next year.
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A damn independent boy; independent as a hog on ice.
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The kids from the streets don't want preaching or messages. They want what they can identify with. They want to hear about the reality of their situation, not fairy tales. They don't care if it's ugly; they just want reality.
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I feel like God gave me the ability to play a game. I try to take it very seriously. I realize it's just a game.
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The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.
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My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - it gives a lovely light!
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There are 10 men in me and I do not know or understand one of them.
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Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
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People always say that you can't please everybody. I think that's a cop-out. Why not attempt it? 'Cause think of all the people you will please if you try.
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I remember auditioning for record labels and having them tell me, 'Well, the country-radio demographic is the thirty-five-year-old female housewife. Give us a song that relates to the thirty-five-year-old female, and we'll talk.'
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There should be no discrimination against languages people speak, skin color, or religion.
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I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
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I don't like writing with real people in mind.
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So many times, genuine health workers and genuine NGO folks are really just trying to help other humans in whatever capacity they can. But they are perceived as being CIA, and therefore, it blocks their effectiveness.
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Wishful thinking is one thing, and reality another.
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What you need to know is very little, but to know that little takes very very much.
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I think, if I'm doing my job correctly, I'm presenting a scenario for you as the reader to engage with on your own. I mean, that's what the best art is supposed to do. It's not supposed to be political. I think if you read all my books, you know where I stand, pretty much.
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The AEC scientists were so narrowly focused on arming the United States for nuclear war that they failed to perceive facts - even widely known ones - that were outside their limited field of vision.
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I am thrilled to be able to bring my vision of beauty to others who may be inspired by it.
