Kenneth Grahame Quotes
The Wild Wood is pretty well populated by now; with all the usual lot, good, bad, and indifferent - I name no names. It takes all sorts to make a world.
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I am always early to work but sometimes late to other things.
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Twenty-six years ago, I became the first Democratic woman elected to the Senate in her own right. I was the first, but I made sure I wasn't the only.
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I like writing idealistically, romantically and swashbucklingly.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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War has been good to me from a financial standpoint but I don't want to make money that way. I don't want blood money.
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No, I didn't work it out upside down, I never turned it around.
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Time stays, we go.
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The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center serves as a poignant reminder of our past and a trusted source of education for schoolchildren, community members, and visitors from across the country.
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I love 'The Wire;' that's my favorite show, so I'll watch that.
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Acting is the ability to dream on cue.
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I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor. I just really, really amused myself and my friends with memorizing entire George Carlin or Steve Martin albums.
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Few things are more important to our country's future than recruiting and keeping great teachers in our schools.
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Attempting to get at truth means rejecting stereotypes and cliches.
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I love the folk-rock of the Seventies and the pop of the Eighties.
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Working with 50 Cent was great, you know what Im saying? It was just great to work with 50 Cent.
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We must expect to fail... but fail in a learning posture, determined no to repeat the mistakes, and to maximize the benefits from what is learned in the process.
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The F-22 is a shameful, disgraceful boondoggle and it revolts me.
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Failing to engage in conflict is a terrible decision, one that puts our temporary comfort and the avoidance of discomfort ahead of the ultimate goal of our organization.
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At the beginning of a new project, often before I do any actual writing, I collect photos, quotes, song lyrics, and even objects that relate to the characters or the world I'm creating.
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Marriage is really tough because you have to deal with feelings... and lawyers.
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It's never been difficult for me to say no. I have never given excuses like I don't have dates. I have never over-quoted to avoid a project. I simply say that while the script might be good, I can't connect with it. My strategy is that while I wouldn't want anyone to waste my time, I shouldn't be doing that, either, with others.
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People are pretty much alike. It's only that our differences are more susceptible to definition than our similarities.
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What I increasingly felt, in marriage and in motherhood, was that to live as a woman and to live as a feminist were two different and possibly irreconcilable things.
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The Wild Wood is pretty well populated by now; with all the usual lot, good, bad, and indifferent - I name no names. It takes all sorts to make a world.
