Lauren DeStefano Quotes

When I was 11 or 12, I was really bored with everything on my summer reading list. It was all happy, middle-grade kinds of books. I was getting frustrated, because I liked to read. My mother went to the library and got me a copy of 'The Other Side of Midnight' by Sidney Sheldon. It was my first adult book.

Lauren DeStefano

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I have always had a need for attention but didn't plan to be a comic.

Jenny Eclair

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I remember thinking that I'd never show my arms on TV, but over time you loosen up.

Megyn Kelly

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That, sir, depends on whether I embrace your mistress or your politics.

John Wilkes

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I'm happy to be alive, I'm happy to be who I am.

Michael Jackson

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I was a guy who trusted the government. Now, I don't trust a damn thing they do.

Steven Hatfill

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With European powers no new subjects of difficulty have arisen, and those which were under discussion, although not terminated, do not present a more unfavorable aspect for the future preservation of that good understanding which it has ever been our desire to cultivate.

Martin Van Buren

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I've always wanted to call the shots because I would rather fail than not have a chance to figure it out on my own.

Jon Favreau

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The idea of trying to fight against extremism was written off as naive.

Joichi Ito

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Being on stage and on a motorcycle are two of the only places I feel comfortable and free. Those are my happy places.

Brantley Gilbert

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As for Aliki - if you were to stand in the middle of Rome and say the name Sophia Loren, or Paris and say the name Catherine Deneuve or Brigitte Bardot, or L.A. and the name Marilyn Monroe, it's like standing in Athens, or anywhere in wide-flung Greece, and saying Aliki Vougiouklaki. A huge star - and so little known elsewhere in the world.

Ali Smith

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I thought it would be a good idea to look at New York with this half-European, half-native eye and really do something to get back at this city that I thought really gave me a hard time when I grew up.

William Klein

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I cannot believe that my generation may very well have been the last one to have sex education in schools that was truly the complete and total package. I mean what are we doing? Are we in the future, but acting like it's The Dark Ages?

Sheryl Lee Ralph

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