C. J. Cherryh Quotes
'You’ve behaved very highhandedly, Captain Mallory. Is that the custom out here?''The custom is, sir, that those who know a situation handle it and those who don’t watch and learn, or get out of the way.'
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When I started out in fashion, everything had to be very structured and tight and controlling, and now I'm getting to a point where I think - I could wear a great big parka, that could be quite fabulous. I haven't always got to show off my size, show off my shape. It's a turning point for me.
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If I'm playing with Ozzy it's just a guitar thing. But with the vocals I feel like I'm studying for the SATs.
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I'm not very good at being domesticated. I've tried. The domestic life I find claustrophobic - the rituals and habits and patterns.
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The great philosophers and the great works are standards for the selection of what is essential. Everything that we do in studying the history of philosophy ultimately serves their better understanding.
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It's very good for you, riding. You know how every model is like, 'I do yoga.' Well, I find horses to have the same effect, in that you have to put your ego aside and concentrate on making the horse do the things you want it to do, and move in the way you want it to move - particularly if you're doing dressage.
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When people go through something rough in life, they say, 'I'm taking it one day at a time.' Yes, so is everybody. Because that's how time works.
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Serbia did not want to recognize our country in a peaceful way, so that is why they wanted to destroy us. All our efforts to find a peaceful solution were impossible. In order to save the people, NATO had to intervene.
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I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump & Grind' then turning around and doing a gospel song. But the truth is I'm glad I have a gift that allows me to switch lanes.
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It's a trend to insult Wale, like that makes you cool on the Internet, and a part of it is because I respond.
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If I ever own a restaurant, I will never allow the waiters to ask if the diners like their dishes. Particularly when they're talking.
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If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.
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French people are never happy with what they have. They're always complaining. They're happy when they're complaining.
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Access to basic quality health care is one of the most important domestic issues facing our nation.
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Going to so many book events keeps me connected with my readership while constantly reminding me that all the long hours at the drawing desk are worthwhile.
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It's good to actually cry. Trust me, I've had a lot of practice over the years!
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I had the training at drama school where I studied Shakespeare and Brecht and Chekov and all these period historical playwrights and I think that I responded to the material.
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I did not stop dancing; I did take two years off to get myself together.
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My parents pushed us very hard to work, both in the home, doing chores and cooking, and at school.
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Can we afford clean water? Can we afford rivers and lakes and streams and oceans which continue to make possible life on this planet? Can we afford life itself? Those questions were never asked as we destroyed the waters of our nation, and they deserve no answers as we finally move to restore and renew them. These questions answer themselves.
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There are people who do everything for a calculative political motive. My only motive is a human motive.
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I am not, and have never been, a supporter of cockfighting or any other forms of animal cruelty.
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'You’ve behaved very highhandedly, Captain Mallory. Is that the custom out here?''The custom is, sir, that those who know a situation handle it and those who don’t watch and learn, or get out of the way.'
