Caroline Leavitt Quotes
L.A. is a place people come to for all sorts of reasons, often to reinvent themselves, and that fascinates me.
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We're supposed to be an example of freedom, and if we are doing things that are injustice to people, then what is our statement?
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When you challenge other people's ideas of who or how you should be, they may try to diminish and disgrace you. It can happen in small ways in hidden places, or in big ways on a world stage. You can spend a lifetime resenting the tests, angry about the slights and the injustices. Or, you can rise above it.
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I don't have a mentor in the strict definition. I take as much advice and inspiration as I can from the people I am close to.
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Some people really like to get into Twitter, but it's not my thing.
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AIDS is a horrible disease, and the people who catch it deserve compassion.
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I think people who live in New York don't realize just how much time they spend talking about the subway.
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The ancestor of every action is a thought.
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Cinema is a thankless industry where sometimes to appear on the cinematic scenery is a thing for late bloomers and people who are very patient. The places are accounted, and the space is often unwelcoming. Money is rare, and independent voices are muted by the almost complete absence of risk takers.
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From my very first day in the Mayor's office, I have worked closely with the Council members who share our vision of a city hall that really protects taxpayers and cares... yes... about the little things that make a big difference in people's lives.
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All these police treating our people wrong, man. Black lives matter, but we got fans of all different colors, so all lives matter.
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People going into the cities for the opportunities and the towns are getting older, no young people.
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We may never be strong enough to be entirely nonviolent in thought, word and deed. But we must keep nonviolence as our goal and make strong progress towards it.
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Iggy Pop, or should I say Iggy's people, had reached out to me saying he was a True Blood fan, and if any opportunities come up, to please keep Iggy in mind. We sent Iggy the demo of 'LB&R'. He loved it and said, 'Sign me up.'
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Square meals often make round people.
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Modern elites live in bubbles of liberal affluence like Ann Arbor, Brookline, the Upper West Side, Palo Alto, or Chevy Chase. These places used to have impoverished neighborhoods nearby, but the poor people got chased out by young singles living in group homes, hipsters, and urban homesteading gay couples.
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I'm compulsively on time. It drives me insane when people are late.
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Hey, if we didn't overcharge for our product - guess what - people wouldn't have to buy used games.
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The concept of commercialism in the fashion and art world is looked down upon. You know, just to think, 'What amount of creativity does it take to make something that masses of people like?' And, 'How does creativity apply across the board?'
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You used to get people writing in to the Liverpool Echo saying, ‘Who is this Martian walking round town?’ I used to get battered. Going out for lunch was like running the gauntlet.
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It's quite hard for people to just accept that they're very contradictory.
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A zombie amusement park sounds like fun, but the health code violations alone are enough to turn your stomach.
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Any time you do a movie, there are going to be war wounds that you end up getting.
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L.A. is a place people come to for all sorts of reasons, often to reinvent themselves, and that fascinates me.
