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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I'm for absolute autonomy of the individual, and an adult, competent woman has absolute autonomy. It's her choice.
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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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Even before I went to the UN, I often would want to say something in a meeting - only woman at the table - and I'd think, 'OK well, I don't think I'll say that. It may sound stupid.' And then some man says it, and everybody thinks it's completely brilliant, and you are so mad at yourself for not saying something.
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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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We will fight and defend my good name in the European court. We have to be strong and defend Ukraine from this authoritarianism.
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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 want to safeguard the value of lunch. For me, it is sacred. My family and I always have lunch and dinner together. And we always sit down. Food does not taste the same if you are standing up!
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I never took sheet music seriously. I could do better myself just by listening to other people and using my own intuition.
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We started off with this fairly grand concept of, if you were to tackle it at a children's level, eliminating war. What would you do?
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Many a man thinks he is patient when, in reality, he is indifferent.
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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.
