Carol Leifer Quotes
My father was the king of the joke-tellers. I was so impressed as a child watching him, holding people in rapt attention.
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My health is fine.
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A teacher should have a creative mind.
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If England became a world power, it was because of the industrial revolution.
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And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of all mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
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I can stay up watching TV so late.
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I've pretty much behaved like a knucklehead my entire life.
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I'm afraid that I won't do a good job when I go into an audition.
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If you don't improve the lives of the poor, it's not charity.
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It's almost an impossible thing to get a movie made that is written by two actors who want to star in it, when no one knows who they are. The only time it happened that I know of was when Sylvester Stallone did it in 'Rocky.'
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I'd never been published when I was young.
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You reach a point in your career when the weeks turn into a month or more of the phone not ringing.
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I get most of my inspiration from older records. Most of the records that I listen to were probably made before I was born, and I was born in the mid-'70s. I don't know why, exactly, I'm drawn to those sounds.
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Sometimes I'll have an idea for a story or have a subject, and that will inspire lyrics, but most of the time, hopefully, they already exist somewhere else.
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The various forms of intellectual activity which together make up the culture of an age, move for the most part from different starting-points, and by unconnected roads.
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No industry in living memory has collapsed faster than daily print journalism.
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I did model for a little while part-time, but I wasn't a bloody model, and I am definitely not that horrible thing 'model-turned-actress.'
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I never thought of myself as a performer or songwriter or singer.
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My husband cooks fancier food for himself than I've ever cooked on-air. I call him from the road, and he's making champagne-vanilla salmon or black-cherry pork chop. Half of me is feeling unworthy. Not only am I not a chef, I'm not a better cook than my own husband!
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Faith is about trusting God when you have unanswered questions.
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Most of the people don't know that one of the great qualities of caffeine is it allows you to absorb nutrients, and it does it quickly, and so when it does it quickly, you focus, and when you focus, you think you have energy.
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I'm not a serious person, and I don't like serious people.
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I think talking is as casual as blogging, and sometimes writing can be as casual as talking. My informal writing style is a political choice, because I want feminism to be more accessible.
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My father was the king of the joke-tellers. I was so impressed as a child watching him, holding people in rapt attention.
