Nancy Horan Quotes
One of the great lessons I learned about historical fiction from writing 'Loving Frank' is that you don't try to disguise what people did; my approach was to try to understand the characters and why they did what they did.
Quotes to Explore
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Let us go forward in this battle fortified by conviction that those who labour in the service of a great and good cause will never fail.
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The main thing I want to do is make people feel more connected and more active.
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Do we really want Washington administrators coming between us and our doctors?
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My mom has helped me nurture my interest and hone my talent.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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I am hopeful that no one will forget what happened in Bosnia.
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Libertarians know that a free country has nothing to fear from anyone coming in or going out - while a welfare state is scared to death of poor people coming in and rich people getting out.
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The Navy runs their process. The House of Representatives doesn't do anything about their process. We do not select. Navy officers select.
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If someone takes you out, and you're wearing sweatpants and a T-shirt, and they take you to a fancy place and you're unprepared, that's bad.
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Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.
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My business issues are just that - business - and I deal with them like they are business.
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I don't drink coffee.
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Cricket, the whole thing, playing, watching, being part of the Gaieties, has been a central feature of my life.
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Gustafsson is a stud, man. He's a good fighter.
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Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
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I had always been feeling uncomfortable in my mind about giving advice to others and not acting upon it myself.
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Britain, which in the years immediately before this war was rapidly losing such democratic virtues as it possessed, is now being bombed and burned into democracy.
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I think all good sports movies aren't really about sports.
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If you look at yourself as a star, you've already lost something in the portrayal of any human being.
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When the whole world doesn't believe in God, it will be a great place.
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People who meet me think of Jill and transfer her strong qualities to me.
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Any supervisor worth his salt would rather deal with people who attempt too much than with those who try too little.
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One of the great lessons I learned about historical fiction from writing 'Loving Frank' is that you don't try to disguise what people did; my approach was to try to understand the characters and why they did what they did.
