Warren Farrell Quotes
Self-help books for those who believe You can have it all often advise, Follow your bliss and money will follow. With the collapse of the stock markets the reality of trade-offs is more like, When you follow your bliss, it’s money you’ll miss.
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The African-American tradition, in the main, is very, very church-based, very, very Christian. It accepts, you know, certain narratives about the world. I didn't really have that present in my house.
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The fun thing about doing origin stories is you are introducing the audience to characters.
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I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
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My parents have been with me every step of the way.
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Can you think of anything more permanently elating than to know that you are on the right road at last?
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In a way, I'm lucky that I was never classically trained and never went to a music college. I'm just from a normal working class family and happened to get obsessed with music as a teenager.
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Being at the Apollo, I was always starstruck.
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I'm not actually even a very good singer. I'm not.
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I have the potential to be very strong and powerful, sometimes angry, sometimes passionate. I also can be shy and withhold that because I am afraid. I don't want to freak anybody out with my passion... So I struggle with that all the time.
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Talking to other people who make low-budget movies, everyone kind of has the same struggle.
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The spirit of L.A. is untamed wilderness. It's earthquakes and wildfires and oceans and mountain lions and fog. There's great physical beauty.
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It's quite absurd to act against a smoke creature that is not there.
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If I present a boring personal life to my readers, it's going to be harder for them to think of my novels as thrilling.
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If I had Instagram, it would be pictures of my son, who is a cat.
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By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities.
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Don't worry about the war. It's all over but the shooting.
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Religion is absolutely unfathomable. Always and everywhere one can dig more deeply into infinities.
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I'm quite British; I've got big, flat feet, and I can't wear heels. I've got very, very pale Celtic skin, so my legs are always a frightening blue color. So when you take out clothes that reveal your legs, shoes that have any kind of heel, no shop will actually take my money.
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But patience can't be acquired overnight. It's just like building up a muscle. Every day you need to work on it, to push its limits.
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The feeling of being accepted and acknowledgement and recognition and fame - I'm vain like everybody else. The feeling of achievement that I've helped the poor or somebody in need far outweighs the money.
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Comparing Madonna with Marilyn Monroe is like comparing Raquel Welch with the back of a bus.
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I expect the Republicans will enjoy a large bounce out of their convention. They're here wrapping themselves in the 9/11 flag, which I think is inappropriate in many ways, but it's their choice.
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Coming up with novel ideas and converting them into real products has always been as natural as breathing for me.
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Self-help books for those who believe You can have it all often advise, Follow your bliss and money will follow. With the collapse of the stock markets the reality of trade-offs is more like, When you follow your bliss, it’s money you’ll miss.
