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“A small gold plain cross was passed down from my grandma to my mom, then to me, and now to my daughter. It is always nice to own something that connects you to the women who made it possible for you to exist.”
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“If I'd done a quarter of the things of which I'm accused, I'd be pickled in alcohol, I'd be a registered drug addict and would have sired half the children in the world's cricket-playing countries”
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“Times of hardship can act as both an indicator, as well as a cure, for our broken relationship with our Creator.”
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“I will fall on my face sometimes And I can't color inside the lines 'Cause I'm perfectly incomplete I'm still working on my masterpiece And I, I wanna hang with the greats Got a way to go, but it's worth the wait No, you haven't seen the best of me I'm still working on my masterpiece”
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“The artist must be like a heart surgeon. He must approach something with sympathy, but with a sort of coldness and work and work until he finds some kind of perfection in his work. You can't have blood splashing all over the place. Things must be done very cleanly.”
Source : Ernest J. Gaines, John Lowe (1995). “Conversations with Ernest Gaines”, p.21, Univ. Press of Mississippi
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“I hope each day to have done 10 seconds of good work that they can use in the film. And Im always afraid I didnt get those 10 seconds.”
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“There isn't a single American city, in my estimation, that has sufficient plans for a nuclear terrorist event.”
Source : "Nuclear blast victims would have to wait". usatoday30.usatoday.com. April 13, 2010.
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“An American Idol is someone that has all the qualities that America thinks is positive, attractive and alluring.”