Claudio Monteverdi Quotes
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I've also learned to no longer feel guilty if I'm invited out and don't want to go. If I start to say to myself, 'What's wrong with you that you're staying in five nights in a row to watch 'Forensic Files' instead of going out with your friends' I remind myself that it's what I need to do for myself at that point.
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.
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The actress they'd hired had refused to appear naked in front of the camera. I didn't like to appear naked either, but the first thing I did was take off my clothes and jump into the pool completely naked.
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I'm the tomboy so I got to be a little butch.
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A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that is often devoid of spirit, one that frequently fills our pocketbooks at the cost of emptying our souls.
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I firmly believe that unless one has tasted the bitter pill of failure, one cannot aspire enough for success.
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Congress is attempting to eviscerate women's health care. Like many women across America, I am outraged.
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The one snack I really love is YoCrunch yogurt. It's like an apple pie in a cup! You have your apples on the bottom, your yogurt in the middle, and piecrust crumbs on top.
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In the early part of the '60s I was influenced by the Ventures.
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This world is too hard for me to leave my kids, without me supervising and being there for them.
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No matter what job you do, we all have a much different life than our parents had. My parents' generation had one job and then they retired. Now, people have many different jobs.
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The influence of teachers extends beyond the classroom, well into the future. It is they who shape and enrich the minds of the young, who touch their hearts and souls. It is they who shape a nation's future.
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I'm not trying to be a star on TV. I am who I am, which I hope comes out. I have a little bit of a different sense than most people know, and it takes a while to get used to it.
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All we had aboard the ship that morning was one Annapolis graduate and three reserves.
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I will run against anybody.
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Centenarians are still living near their children and feel loved and the expectation to love. Instead of being mere recipients of care, they are contributors to the lives of their families. They grow gardens to contribute vegetables, they continue to cook and clean.
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Succeeding makes us feel good. But beating someone else makes us feel really good. Comparing ourselves to others and coming out on top creates a sense of entitlement. And when we feel entitled, we cheat more because, of course, the rules don't apply to awesome people like us.
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There's a certain way you stand to give yourself authority, which gives you the texture for the part. I chose that my character hadn't been married, he'd worked his way up the chain of command. For a small cameo role, I gave it a lot of thought.
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One thing America gets right is being open to innovation. Canada and Scandinavia have to do better on that.
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Relearn astonishment, stop grasping for knowledge, lose the habit of the past.
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I didn't know there was this sort of immediate camaraderie that's very intense when you make a movie because you're all in this together. You tend to get really close to people really fast.
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The modern composer builds upon the foundation of truth.
