V. S. Naipaul Quotes
An autobiography can distort; facts can be realigned. But fiction never lies: it reveals the writer totally.
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I'm a little bit awkward on Twitter; like, I'm never really sure what to say.
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I studied music at the most remedial level when I was a kid, through the Los Angeles public schools, with a little private instruction.
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The real challenge is if you don't look super sexy, like a Brad Pitt, you're going to have to try harder. You're going to have to make up for it in other ways.
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You can't leave the thing that you are, the house that has become your biography.
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I like to spoof the original Gothic classics, so there is also good dose of comedy in the 'Parasol Protectorate' - giggling readers are good.
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Just because you're of the same sex, what difference does it make? Get married to whomever you want.
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I don't think the media circus has ever been a shock to my life seeing as I was with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor when I was 17.
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I didn't want to set up a women's studies program. I thought women should learn to operate in a coeducational atmosphere, because, especially in national security and international affairs, it's male-dominated.
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Sometimes I pay for it, With the way I walk now, the things I did to my body wasn't supposed to be done. At 48 years old, it is saying, 'Hey, Earl, remember what you did to me?'.
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Too often, I've put my career and helping others ahead of my own needs.
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You cease to move into yourself, away from others. You give up your antagonism. You begin to move toward others in love. God moved toward you in gracious, outgoing love, and you move toward others in that same outgoing love.
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I was never the mascot of the Georgia football team.
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The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.
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I'm not into the attention thing so much.
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D.C. is where I started. That's home for me. I always love coming back to the area. They treat me so well, and people show up. They're excited and claim me as their own. I love it.
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I went to a military school between the ages of six and 12 and later into the air force. You learn discipline and strength of character.
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The worst thing you can do if you want to start a fight is to use derogatory terminology.
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I'm not as thrilled with myself as I used to be.
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I still love the skinny jeans thing and I wear my favorite leather jacket constantly. I like being kind of a rock star. I love that I can feel comfortable in a small dress or I can feel comfortable wearing a baggy T-shirt.
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The worst vice of the fanatic is his sincerity.
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Deception can cost billions. Think Enron, Madoff, the mortgage crisis. Or in the case of double agents and traitors, like Robert Hanssen or Aldrich Ames, lies can betray our country. They can compromise our security. They can undermine democracy. They can cause the deaths of those that defend us.
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A man is never as big as when he is on his knees to help a child.
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An autobiography can distort; facts can be realigned. But fiction never lies: it reveals the writer totally.
