A Quote by Jessica Hagedorn
I'm an underdog person, so I align myself with those who seem to be not considered valuable in polite society.
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Alone in my room, wrapped in a blanket, I whimpered and talked aloud to myself, recalling the lost glory of my youth when I considered myself, and was considered by others, a bright and capable person. It seemed that was all gone now.
Working on 'NYPD Blue' and '24', those two series, I did full runs on those. It's great work, but everything has to align. The producers have to want you; the network has to want you; there has to be great writing; and it's not as easy as it may appear to the outsiders to make all those things align.
If you would improve, submit to be considered wihout sense and foolish with respect to externals. Wish to be considered to know nothing; and if you shall seem to someone to be a person of importance, distrust yourself.
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I have a choice: Do I want to align with the GREATEST VISION OF MYSELF or Do I want to align with my EXCUSES?
If ever I am the underdog I seem to play well and whenever I am the favourite I put too much pressure on myself.
America champions the underdog. We champion the underdog until he's not the underdog anymore, and he annoys us.
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Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest that is about to ensue.
I was always interested in the fringes of culture and society and in expressing myself in a distinctively different way, like always rooting for the underdog, that kind of thing.
I tend to side with people who are considered the underdog. I have empathy.
Soul is that part of you that longs for harmony and cooperation and sharing and reverence for life. When you make decisions that align you with those values, you align your personality with your soul. It's that simple to understand. Now to do it, in my experience, is hard.
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