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With 'Smoke Signals,' the character was so much like me growing up. I lost my parents, and I wish I'd had an opportunity to find out where they were. So I was reflecting on how I grew up, that feeling of abandonment. That whole film was a reality that I always held back and kept to myself.

~Adam Beach

Topics: Abandonment Always Back Character Feeling Film Find Grew Growing Growing Up Had Held How Kept Like Lost Me Much Myself Opportunity Out Parents Reality Reflecting Signals Smoke Up Were Where Whole Wish I Wish

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When I was sixteen I started acting, and I also started to embrace my tradition and culture. I had a young medicine man interpret for me what it is to be an Indian. He really caught me at a good time because I was really vulnerable after the loss of my parents with all of the feelings of abandonment.

~Adam Beach

Topics: Abandonment Acting After Also Because Caught Culture Embrace Feelings Good Good Time Had He Indian Interpret Loss Man Me Medicine Parents Really Sixteen Started Time Tradition Vulnerable Young

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The only solution to the violence problem in America is a return to traditional parental involvement. This should be encouraged by every elected official. Also, the abandonment and neglect of children by their parents should have civil consequences.

~Bill O'Reilly

Topics: Abandonment Also America Children Civil Consequences Elected Encouraged Every Involvement Neglect Official Only Parental Parents Problem Return Should Solution Traditional Violence

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You can't put abandonment and alienation under arrest.

~Carrie P. Meek

Topics: Abandonment Alienation Arrest Put You

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I'm not one of those guys that has a great worldview. I kind of deal with terror and fear and isolation and abandonment.

~David Bowie

Topics: Abandonment Deal Fear Great Guys Isolation Kind Terror Those Worldview

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Obama ran on a platform of unmitigated optimism - a promise to usher in a brighter day for America. But there could hardly be a greater contrast between his pledge and his performance in office, between his commitment to the nation and his current abandonment of all hope.

~David Limbaugh

Topics: Abandonment America Between Brighter Commitment Contrast Could Current Day Greater Hardly His Hope Nation Obama Office Optimism Performance Platform Pledge Promise Ran Usher

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My producing partner and I were shown a novel we really liked. It was called 'My Abandonment' by Peter Rock, and we enjoyed reading it.

~Debra Granik

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It became a metaphor for the lives of the people in this film and for the Old West, for the abandonment that occurred in the early part of the 20th century.

~Dwight Yoakam

Topics: Abandonment Became Century Early Film Lives Metaphor Occurred Old Part People West 20Th Century

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You initially become funny as a kid because you're looking for attention and love. Psychologists think that's all to do with mother abandonment. I think John Cleese has his depressions, and Terry Gilliam's the same. All of us together make one completely insane person.

~Eric Idle

Topics: Abandonment Attention Because Become Funny His Initially Insane John Kid Looking Love Make Mother Person Psychologists Same Terry Think Together Us You I Think

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