Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes
Power is given only to him who dares to stoop and take it ... one must have the courage to dare.
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Quite honestly, if I were doing work related to a living being or historical being where there was visual or audio recordings available, I would find that extremely difficult because I don't know how you would avoid the process of mimicry. And mimicry, to me at any rate, is a very dull prospect.
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The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
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I think that a lot of women that know they're going to be part of history somehow decide to have a character to be remembered by.
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I wish I had an answer to that because I'm tired of answering that question.
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One of the questions writers bump up against in their work, whether they know it or not, is about lying. Because fiction is a form of deceit, and one's abilities are measured by how convincingly one can persuade readers that these events really happened.
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It is the easiest thing in the world to die. The hardest is to live.
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People think being famous is so glamorous, but half the time you're in a strange hotel room living out of a suitcase.
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Strike the right balance between your outfit and makeup. Make a statement with one, not both.
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It's abhorrent to me that somebody is just evil, and you can't explain it.
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You look at a horse, and he's such a majestic, beautiful, powerful creature that you can't not be impressed. I love scraping the water off them when I wash them down because you go all round the contours, and its muscle and body, and you just think, 'Ooh, isn't this a magnificent creature.' You're touching it, and it's just solid, carved muscle.
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Well, youth is the period of assumed personalities and disguises. It is the time of the sincerely insincere.
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In 1787, many Americans were convinced that the 'perpetual union' they had created in winning independence was collapsing. Six years earlier, in the Articles of Confederation, the thirteen state governments had surrendered extensive powers to a congress of delegates from each state legislature.
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I'm very intelligent. I'm capable of doing everything put to me. I've launched a perfume and want my own hotel chain. I'm living proof blondes are not stupid.
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I always knew that I was going to be a writer. There was no question in my mind about that.
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Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.
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It's always been my dream to do a dance scene with Anthony Hopkins.
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Where we love is home - home that our feet may leave, but not our hearts.
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Sometimes when you play a golf course for the first time, you just got to be committed to your targets.
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Anyone can rap if you've got brains. So I just went with it.
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Mental clarity is the child of courage, not the other way around.
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I serve a higher power, Jesus Christ. I make no apologies in saying that.
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To me, running is therapy. It's mood-altering and gets my endorphins going. It's also a great release and a great energy builder.
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Power is given only to him who dares to stoop and take it ... one must have the courage to dare.
