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If you can learn from hard knocks, you can also learn from soft touches. - Mannequin: My Life as a Model.


Carolyn Kenmore

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CAROLYN WELLS The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry;
The books that we would like to read...
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CAROLYN DEAN Children have more need of models than of critics.
CAROLYN COATS Ideas move fast when their time comes.
CAROLYN HEILBRUN A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye.
CAROLYN WELLS Our masks, always in peril of smearing or cracking, in need of continuous check in the mirror or sil...
CAROLYN KIZER We cannot ensure that women will be free of discrimination in the workplace and everywhere as long a...
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CAROLYN MURPHY My own experience being bullied - it made me a more compassionate person. It made me more sympatheti...
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CAROLYN RIKER Life is a matter of courtship and wooing, flirting and chatting.
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CAROLYN MURPHY With them having to sit the bench..., it took us completely out of our game.
CAROLYN WRIGHT I never relaxed because I know they're the kind of team that's going to keep fighting.
CAROLYN WRIGHT We talked about it during the week and right before the game. We stressed that we wanted to win this...
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CAROLYN WRIGHT I felt real good about their effort tonight.
CAROLYN WRIGHT People have actually stood in line at the supermarkets to vote and sign to vote. We now know we are ...
CAROLYN WRIGHT They're not one of those teams who will sit down to a spanking. They will play you to the end.
CAROLYN WRIGHT We're excited to host. It's big to have that home court advantage because more of your fans will com...
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CAROLYN WRIGHT This is probably the second-most devastating loss of my career. We should have won this one and we l...
CAROLYN WRIGHT I'm feeling much better. I have a lot of people praying for me, and I have faith.
CAROLYN WITHERSPOON I tried to stay on top of it. He was a challenge there. He's always been very smart -- not because o...
CAROLYN WITHERSPOON You would not be able to find one person in this family that didn't think that they could beat anybo...
CAROLYN WITHERSPOON This is just another valley. We're going to have mountaintops again.
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CAROLYN WITHERSPOON It makes it really easy.
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CAROLYN WILMAN I think it's past $80,000 in five years.
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CAROLYN WILLIAMS No, I haven't heard anything about it.
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CAROLYN WILLIAMS Nursing has become so much more competitive.
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CAROLYN WILLIAMS Nor can medical schools charge what it costs to train a physician.
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CAROLYN WILLIAMS Advice is one of those things it is far more blessed to give than to receive.
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CAROLYN MAUPIN I wonder if he hears the bombs of the soldiers and their rifles.
CAROLYN MAUPIN We will not let Matt be forgotten. I don't want him left behind. I don't want him left there.
CAROLYN MAUPIN They had been putting out posters with a very dark picture of Matt that didn't look much like him. W...
CAROLYN MAUPIN It's a lot of money, but we are determined to do this, to remember those who have given their lives.
CAROLYN MAUPIN Twice now they've dropped the ball where we've learned about something happening with our son from o...
CAROLYN MAUPIN Even though you see a smile, your heart still aches.
CAROLYN MAUPIN I didn't carry on very well the first three or four months. Then one day I decided it was time for m...
CAROLYN MAUPIN The information we received was helpful and it showed the Army is actively following up leads concer...
CAROLYN MAUPIN Because it's important. Laws can be reversed, Supreme Court decisions can be overturned, gender clas...
CAROLYN MALONEY It's just aggravating, ... Hale is retired somewhere, fat and happy, while others who are accused of...
CAROLYN MALONEY It merely says, and I quote, 'equality of rights shall not be denied or abridged by the United State...
CAROLYN MALONEY Have you tried to understand why the increase in violence even though the amount of policing and mil...
CAROLYN MALONEY We're apparently not good enough for the Republican convention, ... They would rather stay on a floa...
CAROLYN MALONEY George W. Bush's first appointment, Dick Cheney, makes it crystal clear that Bush's judicial appoint...
CAROLYN MALONEY Victims of sexual assault experience traumatic, life-changing events, ... We should work to protect ...
CAROLYN MALONEY by implying that pro-choice Americans have the same values as terrorists, Hughes insulted millions o...
CAROLYN MALONEY We have to invest in our infrastructure if we are going to go forward in our city and our state,
CAROLYN MALONEY I can see you are a former teacher. You are very clear.
CAROLYN MALONEY I did really gain an appreciation for the strong work ethic of the Japanese people. I had the opport...
CAROLYN LUND Despite the cultural boundaries, it was easier to live overseas. They would go out of their way to h...
CAROLYN LUND [The Japanese] have their clocks down to the second; they're never late, so it's always very dependa...
CAROLYN LUND I realized that I'm not special anymore. I'm just a number. That was hard. I was used to being in th...
CAROLYN LUND Culture shock was worse coming back than it was going to Japan. My mom had to worry again.
CAROLYN LUND I remember my second night. I got my first taste of sushi. It was revolting. We kind of jumped right...
CAROLYN LUND She was his angel, and he was her angel.
CAROLYN LAYNE Her attention to detail was fabulous. People loved working with her and for her.
CAROLYN LAYNE We all say the same thing. She was the most gentle, loving person. How could this happen? Who did th...
CAROLYN LAYNE This was truly horrific and tragic, because they were so close to moving into their dream home. Ever...
CAROLYN LAYNE She met Daniel right when I met her. They were truly soul mates. ... They're both incredibly passion...
CAROLYN LAYNE she said.
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CAROLYN JONES to make people aware of the meeting.
CAROLYN JONES It's so hard. You just want to make it better any way you can.
CAROLYN JONES It takes my breath away that they do this with volunteers.
CAROLYN JONES Dr. King's voice was a call to thought and discussion. And that is what we are here to celebrate ton...
CAROLYN JOHNSON Before this law was passed, a tribal conviction was kind of nowhere.
CAROLYN JOHNSON The students are selected based on recommendations that come from their instructors and who have dem...
CAROLYN JOHNSON When I helped out last year, it seemed like it took us longer. So we decided when it was our turn, w...
CAROLYN JOHNSON You don't see them very often. Also the groin is repeated up here in the fabulous room up in the gra...
CAROLYN JENNINGS We have all private bathrooms and all private bedrooms leading out to balconies.
CAROLYN JENNINGS She's having the party a little early in the phase, but she really cares for the community. She has ...
CAROLYN JENNINGS It's more of an Italian Renaissance feel, but we've added some American feel to it. Even though with...
CAROLYN JENNINGS During the event we're going to have somebody up there playing the violin.
CAROLYN JENNINGS We talked a couple of times about what we should do.
CAROLYN JACKSON It was a difficult campaign, with several major disasters happening all over the world, but, at the ...
CAROLYN JACKSON We just have to come out and play. This is the time of the year that teams have to step up.
CAROLYN JACKSON We didn't play our best ball tonight. But at this point in the season we will take the win. We got o...
CAROLYN JACKSON People will say you lost everything, well no we didn't lose everything because we're here. We're ali...
CAROLYN JACKSON Our agencies depend on our raising the funds necessary to provide services to those in need in our c...
CAROLYN JACKSON What a special girl she was. She was quiet, but she was powerful in own right.
CAROLYN JACKSON We'll be looking at charters of similar-sized cities, what their differences are and whether those d...
CAROLYN JACKSON We could see what they were in and very hard to deal with. But he's home. Thank God.
CAROLYN JACKSON Here and there you'd see a tree that was budding or grass trying to grow. There was hope.
CAROLYN HUNTER Getting Michele back has definitely been a plus.
CAROLYN HUNTER We didn't start off well; we just didn't have much energy initially. The second half we did a better...
CAROLYN HUNTER Well, we feel that it's not a good idea because of all the traffic that's out here. The road out her...
CAROLYN HUNTER We're hoping to put together a stretch of three or four games here that can help us. That's so big -...
CAROLYN HUNTER It was a great win for us; we really needed this one. We had much better defensive intensity today; ...
CAROLYN HUNTER Our shots weren't falling, but I thought our defensive effort was a lot better today. We understand ...
CAROLYN HUNTER He did everything he could to protect himself and come back safely - it just didn't work out that wa...
CAROLYN HOWARD I feel he should be honored as a hero. He was going to make a career out of the military. He wouldn'...
CAROLYN HOWARD The last thing that I want is for Courtenay to be a financial burden on Jonathan or any other family...
CAROLYN HOWARD People have trouble giving up a home that they can't afford, because of the emotions attached to it....
CAROLYN HOWARD That was climbing Mount Everest for her.
CAROLYN HOWARD She will probably never be able to balance a checkbook.
CAROLYN HOWARD He had all these great scenes with his son before pulling the plug. It was really moving the materi...
CAROLYN HINSEY Flannery is great every year. Let's get someone new in there.
CAROLYN HINSEY It was a little small-minded of NBC to take their marbles and go home and I don't think the actors a...
CAROLYN HINSEY He had all these great scenes with his son before pulling the plug. It was really moving â�...
CAROLYN HINSEY It will basically be a three-hour commercial for the CBS soaps on ABC.
CAROLYN HINSEY ARMPAC is operating within the law.
CAROLYN HERN That was all legal at the time.
CAROLYN HERN He's very excited about the announcement. Robin was pushing for this agreement for the benefit of th...
CAROLYN HERN They are expected to sign it about 2 or 3 a.m. our time.
CAROLYN HERN Congressman Tom DeLay has not been convicted of a crime. We will look into whatever we have to, but ...
CAROLYN HERN Quoting, like smoking, is a dirty habit to which I am devoted.
CAROLYN HEILBRUN I don't know why togetherness was ever held up as an ideal of marriage. Away from home for both, the...
CAROLYN HEILBRUN Whether animals admit it or not, they and I communicate.
CAROLYN HEILBRUN The journey is over. Love to all.
CAROLYN HEILBRUN Ironically, women who acquire power are more likely to be criticized for it than are the men who hav...
CAROLYN HEILBRUN The Freudian view that accomplished women are sexually men, or trying to be, has done more, I suspec...
CAROLYN HEILBRUN Ideas move rapidly when their time comes.
CAROLYN HEILBRUN To recommend that women become identical to men, would be simple reversal, and would defeat the whol...
CAROLYN HEILBRUN Women, I believe, search for fellow beings who have faced similar struggles, conveyed them in ways a...
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CAROLYN HARVEY They have their different personality.
CAROLYN HARVEY I probably have 45 to 50 hours in it.
CAROLYN HARVEY I've probably been collecting them seriously for 20 years.
CAROLYN HARVEY It has beautiful Victorian staircase.
CAROLYN HARVEY Ever since we've had these light houses, not one ship has come into our house. About twice a year th...
CAROLYN HARVEY Just for six weeks, one time. A lighthouse keeps sailors from danger, to navigate from danger out th...
CAROLYN HARVEY It's probably strange for somebody as far inland to have a passion for light houses.
CAROLYN HARVEY I actually get down on my knees and beg to see inside one. In fact, I've done that before.
CAROLYN HARVEY They're used to paying $1 to $3. Now, because of a glitch in the system, pharmacies aren't hooked up...
CAROLYN GRAY Different areas of the county often have needs other areas may not have,
CAROLYN GRAY We've got one right now that we need for someone from the south side of the county,
CAROLYN GRAY He took away a mother from those kids. But I've got God on my side.
CAROLYN GRAY He should have been locked up or stayed in the hospital.
CAROLYN GRAY Insurers are working as hard as they can to get these claims settled as quickly as they can and as f...
CAROLYN GORMAN If you have a party and someone injures themselves in your apartment, they could also sue you for th...
CAROLYN GORMAN You could save up to $300 on the annual cost of auto insurance.
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CAROLYN GORMAN If you're sure you're right, don't take no for an answer.
CAROLYN GORMAN The master policy will have liability insurance in it for shared spaces, like sidewalks, gutters and...
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CAROLYN GORMAN Insurance companies became gun shy.
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