Emily V. Gordon Quotes

I'd watch shows like 'The Kids in the Hall' or 'Twin Peaks,' and I'd see weird people being celebrated and appreciated without compromising their weirdness. On 'The Facts of Life,' I'd see girls who were pudgy, beautiful, popular, tomboyish - many ways of being female - and I'd feel quietly reassured.

Emily V. Gordon

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You can't put civil rights on the ballot.

Jesse Ventura

YouCivil RightsRightsCivilBallot

While I was thinking about the next film to do, I was also reading this book by Diane Ackerman called 'The Natural History of the Senses' - an anthropological and sociological look at the senses. But it also has this great sense of enthusiasm.

Jeremy Podeswa

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Oh, it's not really gambling when you never lose.

Jennifer Aniston

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Once we get beyond Mars, which formed from the same stuff as Earth, the likelihood that life is similar to what we find on this planet is very low.

John M. Grunsfeld

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I come from the deep countryside. My family was in farming. I was not really exposed to business. Coming from that environment, I just wanted in my life to go overseas - that was a childhood dream because I wanted diversity, contacts, cultural meetings with others.

Jean-Pascal Tricoire

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The definition of success is that the company doesn't miss a beat. Do I love what I do? Oh yeah - I love it more than ever. You've got to have that energy level 24/7. But you've also got to make sure the transition is smooth. Being realistic, most high-tech companies haven't done that well.

John T. Chambers

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I often find myself in situations where I am the token black person. It can feel like this enormous weight.

Amandla Stenberg

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It will be the first time I've played live with a double bass.

Alvin Lee

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I'm a real-life action hero.

Rob Van Dam

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We're absolutely American and distinctly so, I think. That's part of what people respond to outside of this country, part of the reason that we're such a huge band outside of the U.S., where we're not so popular now as we were 10 or 12 years ago.

Michael Stipe

PeopleThinkAmericanCountryNow

Singing is my dream and, while it may have not been a commercial success, critically I was thrilled with the reception my first album got.

Minnie Driver

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We are too quickly losing important landscapes in this country to development - and I worry that if we do not act to protect them now, future generations will grow up in a profoundly different world.

Louis Bacon

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