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One thing you can't intend is how you will be read. I hear it said a lot that my books are about the 'search for identity', and this is said admiringly, as if I meant to encourage such a search.
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Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about.
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Beware of the naked man who offers you his shirt.
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I said it several times: a blow you are getting from a friend is still a blow, but more painful.
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I would break a lot of cymbals. You whack the cymbals hard enough, and they will crack in half. Drums are not actually as sturdy as they look. They're actually somewhat fragile instruments.
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The greatest benefit of being a solo performer is that it is seriously frightening, but at the same time very empowering. It's just you and the audience. All the weight is on you to deliver the songs.
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You've got the federal government in every part of our lives, doing things wrong.
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Forget the technique. Hit the guy across from you. Don't let somebody come in your space.
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The decathlon includes ten separate events and they all matter. You can't work on just one of them.
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I think you only really feel like an outsider if you've been an insider.
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The realities are, there are - you can be entertaining and you can be fun, and you can say things that actually appeal to people. You still have to figure out a way to get to 270 electoral votes. Get votes in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina.
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If you just storyboard something, you've already planned it, and you're stuck in the limitations of your imagination.
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A lot of times, when you're the leading lady, you get to sing heartwarming songs and that's it, and people don't get a sense of who you truly are.
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When I was 11 years old, I was a member of 'Press Pack,' which was a thing that would come out in 'The Sunday Times' in England. You'd write articles and send them off and would get a badge saying 'Official Press.' I was really excited about my badge.
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You don't have to be desperate. Never be desperate. That is my slogan.
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Dwight is a sad clown. You've seen those paintings of sad clown.
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As long as you get your education and you stay focused, you can do anything.
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Everybody has this sack they're carrying. Some are heavier. Some are lighter. But no one doesn't have it. And if you think someone doesn't have it, they have a bigger one than you imagine.
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For heaven's sakes, in the newspaper days, when we had competing newspapers, and the newsstands sale was as important as the circulation - as the agreed-upon circulation, whatever you call that - in those days, why, gosh, the sensationalism was tremendous.
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Never judge a person if you don't know him.
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You have to be careful to react when you start to deviate from your course.
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Fighting is easy to understand. You just hit the guy as hard as you can.
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One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself.
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I've got to be honest, there's no pleasure when you're working.
