Francine Pascal Quotes

When I first thought of the idea for 'Sweet Valley High,' I loved the idea of high school as microcosm of the real world. And what I really liked was how it moved things on from 'Sleeping Beauty'-esque romance novels where the girl had to wait for the hero. This would be girl-driven, very different, I decided - and indeed it is.

Francine Pascal

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Everything in our foreign and domestic policy is a question of issue for the American people to vote on.

John Dingell

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I suffer from the same frustration that every decent American suffers from. That is, that you begin to wonder whether decent liberal instincts, decent humanitarian instincts, can actually penetrate the right-wing voice, get through the steering of American opinion by the mass media.

John le Carre

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It would be our policy to use nuclear weapons wherever we felt it necessary to protect our forces and achieve our objectives.

Robert McNamara

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You shouldn't restrict peoples' freedom on what they can and cannot do with code.

Matt Mullenweg

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Whenever I date a guy, I think, 'Is this the man I want my children to spend their weekends with?'

Rita Rudner

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A smile costs about $240.

Roma Downey

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When you're doing a job, you go out there and do it to the best of your ability and you don't think about awards and things like that.

Michelle Fairley

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To be honest, I make very controversial films. The films that I've made have been very, very bold choices.

Michael Pitt

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NYC is a wonderland full of passionate music fans. Once I got over being intimidated by rock critics and finicky hipsters, I realized that NYC was a great place to play.

Lou Barlow

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I used to practice Tony speeches in my bathroom with my hairbrush.

Audra McDonald

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Learning the Italian was tough. I tried to really come at from a purist perspective, really learn the grammar, syntax and conjugations.

Timothee Chalamet

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I am slow of speech and slow of tongue.

Moses

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