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Kate Baldwin
Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES I like Princess Kate. I think her style is really great. She's really, really classy and always ... ALY RAISMAN And my daughter really likes Justin Bieber, so I think she'll have fun watching him. But I think... ALESSANDRA AMBROSIO You've got to have confidence and trust in your cast. You have to have confidence and trust in y... REID SCOTT I'm actually a big fan of Kathy Griffin because I think she's really funny. I think she'... CHELSEA HANDLER I have kept a diary, WITHNAIL AND I I always have issues with trust. I'm a New Yorker... Really, I think trust is something that com... VIN DIESEL Reasons... questions... what they have in common? - All get finded in the hard way. DEYTH BANGER I love Gwen Stefani. I'd watch what she'd wear over and over again and think, 'How do I ... YUNA My mom just understands about stuff. We have a really good trust, and she knows I can take care of m... BALTHAZAR GETTY I really, really love Hilary Clinton. I think she's very cool. She's out there and she's... SANDRA BERNHARD They know what I can do and they know what I am capable of. I really don't have any choice of what t... BILLY VOLEK I think Hillary Clinton could do whatever she puts her mind to. I really do. She's incredibly de... KAMALA HARRIS I have always encouraged my kids to pack their own toys and games, ... I think that's really importa... DOROTHY JORDON I had no problem with that. I figured she knows what she's doing. You just have to trust the doctor ... LINDA KAREN There are people that really live by doing the right thing, but I don't know what that is, I'... LOUIS C. K. I would really, really, really like to be a legend like Madonna. Madonna knows what to do next, and ... BRITNEY SPEARS I've learned to really just trust my gut and to go with what I really feel inside. CASSADEE POPE 'She's Gotta Have It' and 'School Daze,' I really didn't know what I was doi... SPIKE LEE I Have Heard People Say Over & Over Again "He/She Has What It Takes." My Question Is: Will They Do W... GEORGE M. ETHERIDGE I don't have my novel outlined, and I have to write to discover what I am doing. Like the old la... FLANNERY O'CONNOR Jessica Alba to me is on the top of the food chain. She's gorgeous, she's smart, and she rea... BOB HARPER I'm a comedian, for God's sake. Viewers shouldn't trust me. And you know what? They'... DENNIS MILLER I work with a stylist called Devon Nuszer and a makeup artist called Aaron Barry, and between those ... ROSE MCIVER They are very puzzled as to what the American administration is doing. They have absolutely no trust... GRAHAM NASH I thought of it more with Jason in mind (than other starters), but I talked to all of them and they ... BOB APODACA I know she was being pulled over. She wasn't lying when I talked to her. She was stone-sober. She di... DANIEL CONLEY I think it starts to feel really redundant when you start to do something the same way over and over... BRIE LARSON All I really want is one outside opinion. They say, "He who has two watches never knows what time it... RICHARD PRICE Before 'Giant,' I had only ever worked with Michael Greif, Michael John LaChiusa and Kate Ba... AARON LAZAR I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not lo... ORSON SCOTT CARD I don't think either of them would have gotten in a car with someone she didn't know. Miranda was pr... MICHELLE DUFFEY I think I have allowed my voice to experiment with the different genres. And I think that I have jus... K. D. LANG That's a great feeling to know that I'm going into a project that I have no idea what will b... JENNIFER CONNELLY She really needed to do that and be part of that as a family. I think that really helped a lot, but ... LINDA BURDETTE I've dealt with people (all) my life. I think I have good rapport with people. They know who I am an... LEO HEFEL I was watching Ashlee Simpson on Jay's show last night... She was really singing, and I was saying, ... BILL MAHER Sometimes you don't know who you can and cannot trust. I still learn that over and over again. DEMI LOVATO I have a girl crush on Rachel Bilson. She's so cute, I just want to put her in my pocket. I love... ALEXANDRA CHANDO I don't really think about what's 'age appropriate' for my audience because I think ... VERONICA ROTH I want to have the fun of doing anime and I love anime, but I can't do storyboards because I can... QUENTIN TARANTINO I really love over-the-knee boots. I think they're super sexy and they're fun. And they'... MIRANDA KERR I don't think he really knows what he's doing right now, CEDRICK WILSON She was in a bit of a state and needed to know that I was OK. She managed to get a message to me say... PETE DOHERTY When I was kid, I remember playing 'Vogue' by Madonna over and over and over again. And ah, ... ADAM LAMBERT I think she'll be excited when she gets the 3,000. But, seriously, I think it's awesome that she's d... GANIYAT ADEDUNTAN Before Tracy left, she came to me and said she thought I would be good at it. I know I have really b... JENNIFER HINSON I'll see Naomi Wolf on television periodically, I have nothing against her and what she says, bu... ELIZABETH WURTZEL Brittany Murphy... who knows if she's going to be around. Kirsten Dunst, I think she's reall... JACKIE COLLINS You have record companies that sign acts that they think are great, and then they never do anything.... JASON ALDEAN I don't care if the average guy on the street really knows what I'm like, as long as he know... DON RICKLES I think these kids got it now. I think they have really gotten the concept on defense; the offense h... CHARLY MCLOUGHLIN There's nobody that's ever really been able to take care of me. Johnny did for a bit. I beli... KATE MOSS Animals... don't have a sense of time. You just have to do things over and over with animals unt... BRUCE GREENWOOD I think probably the reason why I really enjoy acting is that I really am interested in people. I... MADDIE HASSON When I was, like, 16, I went in to the head of Disney, and I hadn't taken acting class really at... TAYLOUR PAIGE Anything that I can do with Jennie Garth, I would love to do it. I really like her. I got along with... CAMERON MATHISON I don't know that I have any role models now that are fixed. Definitely my mom - she's the c... LARISA OLEYNIK I really love Alexa Chung's style. I really think she gets it right all the time. I've never... KAREN GILLAN I don't know. It depends on the day. Depends on the hour of the day...I don't really know if I reall... ELIZABETH BERG They've really been thrown for a loop by the current situation. They have a front-running candidate ... FEDERICO ESTEVEZ I am very happy that I have great fans. What I can tell them is they must work on themselves; they s... MESUT OZIL I think what it really is, is that I date creative people. And I think that what intimidates them is... LADY GAGA I really think that's right. I really, really do. I know the kid very well and see him everyday. Whe... BOB RUE A lot of them wouldn't budge. They didn't really trust what I was doing. A lot of my coaching energi... JASON HAYES I'm the only girl on The Food Network who grills - I have two bestselling grilling books. I try ... SANDRA LEE She gets them trained thoroughly but she does it in a manner where they feel comfortable around her ... DAVID JONES A lot of people think that reptiles don't feel, and they do. I think everyone should keep in min... LAURA VANDERVOORT People sometimes think of 'queen' as a title that's shrouded with protocol and formality... QUEEN RANIA OF JORDAN I think Nicole is really ready to take off and be a star. She had a great spring and has really gott... BRAD SAINDON Jenna is clicking on all cylinders in the 100 hurdles. She is really confident, really strong and sh... MAUREEN HEATH I think Ivory really stretches out defenses. She takes over five 3-pointers a game. Lindsey takes a ... GAIL GOESTENKORS I grew up in China, but I live in the U.S. and I want my children to understand what's going on ... WENDI DENG MURDOCH I have unbelievable trust in my offensive line that they will get the job done. Not only them, but t... CAM NEWTON I have found that women have so much unleashed power that they don't really utilize because they... CAITLYN JENNER Animals... don't have a sense of time. You just have to do things over and over with animals until t... BRUCE GREENWOOD As people, right now, we're so over-stimulated in this world that I don't know what I'd ... KATEE SACKHOFF My top three personal best-dressed list: Lea Michele. I think she really knows how to dress. Blake L... JANEL PARRISH I think doing so well last year really helped prepare these girls this season. The girls have really... MATT ELLEDGE I think half the time I just assume I don't really know what I'm doing - you have to do that... EMILY MORTIMER He was kind of high, and I think I just grabbed his leg. I high-legged him over and he didn't really... BRETT THIBODEAU I think this is one of those deals that isn't done until it's done, and right now I don't think anyb... BOB SCHIEFFER Well, everything with being vegan and vegetarian is a really big commitment. You have to do what you... LEA MICHELE In fact, I have the privilege of traveling around our country and meeting people all over the countr... LAURA BUSH I think that terriers are not really the prettiest dogs, but they're scrappy and they're loy... MICHAEL RAYMOND-JAMES I have to trust what I do and then do it. EDNITA NAZARIO It could have been resolved easily and much faster if they just simply called us and asked us. I don... JAKE SANCHES I really do feel like I know myself, and I'm so happy to be by myself and I'm so happy to be... DREE HEMINGWAY I think it makes a lot of sense and of course I love Christie Clark. I think she's awesome; she&... AUSTIN PECK My friend Chloe Bartoli is a really cool stylist. I've talked about fashion with her a lot over ... SOFIA RICHIE I think I'd have to say my favorite IWC. They have been around for so long and the craftsmanship... BRIAN MCKNIGHT We faced all the Big Ten schools and they really showed themselves and represented Eastern Michigan ... LOREN SMITH I don't suppose you have many friends. Neither do I. I don't trust people who say they have a lot of... CARLOS RUIZ ZAFóN They are the only people in the world who I can truly trust and rely on. Touring gets really lonely.... KELLY OSBOURNE Nothing is too controversial, but you have to think about how to do it with sensitivity. I don't... STEWART LEE It's really a drag to do the same project over and over again. DAVID JOHANSEN Miranda nods, because she knows that to be true: noble people don't do things for the money, they si... MARGARET ATWOOD I know she's a little girl so she's not going to overpower me. I don't think she really has a big we... MARTINA HINGIS I think she?s a very hearty soul. She?s a really hard worker, she?s motivated and she?s never one to... JUDY HOESCHLER And I have a really great agent and I know it's almost an oxymoron to say you have a smart agent... PATRICIA CLARKSON
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when deep down inside there isn't room enough.
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Three o clock, it's time to stop,
Thinking about what is not.
Tic tac, tic tac
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FAITH BALDWIN Power without responsibility -- the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages. STANLEY BALDWIN Fires can't be made with dead embers, nor can enthusiasm be stirred by spiritless men. Enthusiasm in... JAMES BALDWIN The paradox of education is precisely this -- that as one begins to become conscious one begins to e... JAMES BALDWIN It is very nearly impossible... to become an educated person in a country so distrustful of the inde... JAMES BALDWIN A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled. JAMES BALDWIN People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction, and anyone who insists on... JAMES BALDWIN The making of an American begins at the point where he himself rejects all other ties, any other his... JAMES BALDWIN An identity is questioned only when it is menaced, as when the mighty begin to fall, or when the wre... JAMES BALDWIN An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience... JAMES BALDWIN The attainment of an ideal is often the beginning of a disillusion. STANLEY BALDWIN What makes humility so desirable is the marvelous thing it does to us; it creates in us a capacity f... MONICA BALDWIN You know, it's not the world that was my oppressor, because what the world does to you, if the world... JAMES BALDWIN The establishment of democracy on the American continent was scarcely as radical a break with the pa... JAMES BALDWIN Be careful what you set your heart upon -- for it will surely be yours. JAMES BALDWIN So long as we have enough people in this country willing to fight for their rights, we'll be called ... ROGER BALDWIN For nothing is fixed, forever and forever and forever, it is not fixed; the earth is always shifting... JAMES BALDWIN The future is... black. JAMES BALDWIN Any honest examination of the national life proves how far we are from the standard of human freedom... JAMES BALDWIN Words like freedom, justice, democracy are not common concepts; on the contrary, they are rare. Peop... JAMES BALDWIN James Joyce is right about history being a nightmare-- but it may be that nightmare from which no on... JAMES BALDWIN If the relationship of father to son could really be reduced to biology, the whole earth would blaze... JAMES BALDWIN There are few things more dreadful than dealing with a man who knows he is going under, in his own e... JAMES BALDWIN Experience is a private, and a very largely speechless affair. JAMES BALDWIN Experience that destroys innocents also leads one back to it. JAMES BALDWIN Voyagers discover that the world can never be larger than the person that is in the world; but it is... JAMES BALDWIN When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop living. JAMES BALDWIN No one is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart: for his purity, by definition, ... JAMES BALDWIN No one can possibly know what is about to happen: it is happening, each time, for the first time, fo... JAMES BALDWIN Christianity has operated with an unmitigated arrogance and cruelty -- necessarily, since a religion... JAMES BALDWIN There is a sanctity involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better than bombing one ou... JAMES BALDWIN