Carol Alt Quotes
There was a point in time when I was in dire need of changing the way the model agency was working.
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Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
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I really think that in the media world that we live in now, especially for writers, it has to be a conversation. With very few exceptions, it can't be this one-way, 'Here I am on the mountaintop preaching to all of you great unwashed readers in hopes of saving you.' It doesn't work that way.
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I wish there was a painter who could paint as well as Ted Williams could hit.
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In tennis, because of the way it's scored, I don't think that scoring one point out of luck is ever decisive in winning. But, of course, it depends on the moment.
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Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
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Being a role model is about being true to myself.
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Ordinary Muslims in Europe, who suffer from the demoralisation caused by living as perennial objects of suspicion and contempt, are far from thinking of themselves as a politically powerful, or even cohesive, community, not to speak of conquerors of Europe.
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To portray not only a boxer but a boxer like Roberto Duran, I needed to understand all the difficulties and the pressures of the sport itself.
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I've covered the White House and been yelled at by presidents.
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There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable. When you're not doing what you're used to, you could completely fall on your face. You could completely blow it.
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It's very difficult for my body to recover after workouts now that I'm older, so we have to keep them short, which means they're extremely difficult and intense. It sucks.
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I just love music, and I absorbed what I love.
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Don't take 'no' for an answer.
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Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being.
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Vera Caspary wrote thrillers - but not like any other author of her time, male or female. Her specialty was a specific type that she pioneered - the psycho thriller.
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Events at home, at work, in the street - these are the bases for a story.
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The more that everyone has access to the same educational opportunities, the more society will tend to accept some receiving disproportionate rewards. After all, they themselves have a chance to be winners.
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The real metric of success isn't the size of your bank account. It's the number of lives in whom you might be able to make a positive difference.
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Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different styles.
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On Halloween, because we don't celebrate it, my dad would drive me somewhere, anywhere different. Like Little Italy in New York to walk around and teach me all about the food and culture.
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I always cry at weddings; they're beautiful, and I'm always moved.
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I just don't think animals should be slaughtered for their fur.
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My goal the whole time has been for people to see me as a stand-alone artist. I came out with Young Money, the biggest hip-hop label in the world at the time. And then it was, 'How do I branch away from Lil Wayne?'
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There was a point in time when I was in dire need of changing the way the model agency was working.
