Betty Smith Quotes
But the penciled sheets did not seem like nor smell like the library book so she had given it up, consoling herself with the vow that when she grew up, she would work hard, save money and buy every single book that she liked.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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The justice delivery system needs structural change. It needs fresh vision and innovative solutions.
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It is often said by religious people that without its framework, there is no sense of right or wrong. My view is that religion comes after ethics.
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I'm not going to tell the Palestinians how to arrange themselves. If they want to have their own entity and their own parliament as they do today, that's fine. If they want to connect to Jordan, which has a very big Palestinian population, and vote in the Jordanian government, that's fine.
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In the ordinary church, it is suppressed by respectability, by a desire to appear better than we really are.
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If we are ever to halt climate change and conserve land, water and other resources, not to mention reduce animal suffering, we must celebrate Earth Day every day - at every meal.
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Being someone with Latin roots, so many doors are constantly closed for you because people put you in a category, and the thing I've always wanted to avoid is categorisation.
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Your mind is what makes everything else work.
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Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical.
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I've always felt that the obligation of teachers is to have a huge, broad overview and to provide a foundation course to the students. The long view of history is absolutely crucial.
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It's hard because people often don't recognise shyness; they think it's just someone being rude. I have had to work to overcome that, especially if I'm meeting my readers at author events, because I don't want them to think I'm snooty or rude.
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With fandom, people are sensitive, and sometimes defensive, about their experiences.
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Economic growth is important. But we cannot count on economic growth alone to fund the public education system our children need and deserve.
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My penalty for rocking the boat was being traded.
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Political satire is a serious thing. In democratic newspapers throughout the world there are daily cartoons that often are not even funny, as is the case especially in many English-language newspapers. Instead, they contain a political message, and the artist takes full responsibility.
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I had a pretty public divorce. They're not easy - divorces - and it took me a long time to really get through.
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As long as you get your education and you stay focused, you can do anything.
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I don't do office work at home.
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I am very superstitious. I trod on a wet towel before winning the Junior World Championships, and now I have to do that every time.
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As soon as you think you can do whatever you want and you have whatever great professional in the world waiting to work with you, then you are sunk.
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Companies that have strong graphic identities have built them through years of use.
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I learned a long time ago from David Mamet to wipe your feet at the door, get it out on stage and then go about your life.
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It is not the similarity or dissimilarity of individuals that constitutes a group, but interdependence of fate.
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But the penciled sheets did not seem like nor smell like the library book so she had given it up, consoling herself with the vow that when she grew up, she would work hard, save money and buy every single book that she liked.
