Caroline Knapp Quotes
Census figures be damned: If you choose to be alone, you're destined to spend a certain amount of time wondering why.
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We have groups that do that, but I can't rap with the mentality of an 18 year old when I'm in my 30's.
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Obama has built his public image around his ability to bridge divisions - racial, ideological or generational. And that was his reputation, even at Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the 'Law Review.'
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I think these people have betrayed or have forgotten their ancestors.
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You may get real tired watching me, but I'm not going to quit.
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If people don't find what you are doing threatening, then it is probably not very important.
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Since grief only aggravates your loss, grieve not for what is past.
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An actor has to embody a role.
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But it's a very universal story and the thing is I was reluctant to answer that question because I don't want people latching on to a particular stereotype.
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Mister Cee's a legend, man.
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I guess it was but I think peoples morality has changed. It's gotten more liberal and more diverse and even in a sense much more fundamental, you take the fundamental religious right in this country, its got to go back about 50 years.
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While I started out with a vague understanding that diversity would be important, my own observations have led me to realize that achieving greater levels of diversity is in fact vital to our long-term success.
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If I were to meet the most incredible man, and he just so happened to not make as much money as I do, I wouldn't hold it against him.
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Orthodox Christianity, by playing upon the emotions of man, is able to accomplish wonders toward keeping him in order and relieving his mind. It can frighten or cajole him away from evil more effectively than could reason.
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It is not my duty to spend my money in my country, but it is what I want to do. There is nowhere else I would like to invest.
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There's obviously nothing wrong with selling your art - only an idiot with a trust fund would tell you otherwise. But it's confusing to know how far you should take it.
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And as I reinvent myself and I'm constantly curious about everything, I can't wait to see what's around the corner in newfound art and entertainment and exploration.
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If you care about yourself and what you do, you get nervous about it. You just don't take the money and go home.
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That's the thing with sci-fi and action roles. You have to play the danger as real. If you don't, you end up with egg on your face. You have to commit. You can't think about how stupid it might look without the special effects.
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I believe it is the duty of each of us to act as if the fate of the world depended on him. Admittedly, one man by himself cannot do the job. However, one man can make a difference... We must live for the future of the human race, and not for our own comfort or success.
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My father loved music. He loved Motown and R&B, and my mother loved Journey and Fleetwood Mac, so they were always listening to it and playing it.
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Can women make use of men's vulnerability not to marry but instead to destroy male power?
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I became a full-time writer in 1993 and have been very happy, insofar as anybody is, since.
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I hope that my work ethic has been a model for those who do not believe in themselves or have lingering doubts about their own abilities.
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Census figures be damned: If you choose to be alone, you're destined to spend a certain amount of time wondering why.
