Jeanne Marie Laskas Quotes

Neither Neil Armstrong nor Michael Collins had a mental breakdown after returning from the moon.

Jeanne Marie Laskas

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I am a hopeless optimist.

Jodi Balfour

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The first newspaper I worked on was the 'Springfield Union' in Springfield, Massachusetts. I wrote over a hundred letters to newspapers asking for work and got three responses, two no's.

Tom Wolfe

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You wouldn't ask Rodin to make an ugly sculpture, or me to make a film with an ugly woman.

Roger Vadim

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I know some of the best Dolly Parton jokes. I made 'em up myself.

Dolly Parton

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Some people are more interested in fighting than winning.

DeRay Mckesson

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I don't work a five-day week as a rule, and I've managed to fill that time up. It hasn't been that hard. I volunteer at school. I'm working because I love it. Yet, I don't not envy women who have a stay-at-home job, because you miss stuff.

Deidre Hall

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There is only so much you can do if you're pulling weight and there's nobody there to play off of. You can't have those beautiful moments with new actors who are so worried about everything else but the moment.

Dawn Olivieri

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It's difficult to feel as though you are truly being effective at work. Many of us feel trapped in endless meetings, with barely any time to grab lunch, let alone do any work. Overarching strategies and key priorities seem completely divorced from the day-to-day tactics.

Chris Fussell

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I just grew the hair on my back. Facial hair just wasn't appealing to me. I liked it on my back, though.

Bob Uecker

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Set your heights more than what you see around you, see beyond.

Anthony Anderson

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I didn't always value the ways black people talked. I thought, in order to make art out of it, you had to change it.

August Wilson

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I'll be honest with you, I really struggle with the conversation around gun control.

Alicia Garza

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