Laura Hillenbrand Quotes
Books on horse racing subjects have never done well, and I am told that publishers had come to think of them as the literary version of box office poison.
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I'm a big advocate of revisions, of living with something for a month and then realizing what needs changing, what was lazy, what could be better.
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The thing I find frustrating about rock music is, how different can you make an acoustic drum kit sound, an electric guitar and vocals? It's very stuck, whereas with electronic music, new sounds are being created.
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When it comes to memories of that iconic type, memories that are burned into you, I have maybe ten or so from my childhood. I'm a bad rememberer of situations. I forget almost everything as soon as it happens.
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Of all Iraq's rocket scientists, none drew warier scrutiny abroad than Modher Sadeq-Saba Tamimi.
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Stories are like that. Like cities, they are built on the stones and bones of the past.
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You need the audience to go on the ride with you. You can't just isolate them.
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The universe will put signposts in your life. You can either ignore them or embrace them. You can choose and wish for all the things you want, but the things that are coming to you, you will never be able to hide from and the things that you want so bad that are not supposed to be for you for whatever reason, they'll never come to you.
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Celtic music will always be around, even if with the mainstream crowds it dies out.
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I'm to a point now where you want to play for your fans and all that, but I'm playing for the guys in that huddle. I'm playing for the guys in that locker room.
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To dissociate politicians from capitalists is slightly disingenuous, to put it mildly. U.S. lawmakers are competitive and auction themselves to the highest bidder via the lobby system.
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When I grew up, I thought I was Jewish. Now I don't consider myself Jewish. I consider myself a Kabbalist.
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Love is like the measles. The older you get it, the worse the attack.
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I find that people in the food world are amazingly willing to talk about what they are doing, even when those things are quasi-legal or taboo.
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Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.
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Talent survives and remains while beauty is diluted.
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In 2014, Utah cities Salt Lake City and Provo both surpassed Silicon Valley in per-deal venture capital averages. From large, multi-campus companies to promising start-ups, Silicon Slopes offers a promising climate for businesses. The entire tech industry has its eyes on Utah.
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It is not easy for me to digest meat. I waste too much energy in digesting meat, and that's why I get my proteins from other products. I like beans and other legume plants very much. I need a lot of 'live' products such as fruit and vegetables.
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Being an actor does make you aware of your age.
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Looking so cool, his greed is hard to conceal, he's fresh out of law school, you gave him a license to steal.
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To build my legacy and be that person I want to be, this is what it's going to take: to get on the road and travel. Let's do it that way.
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My reaction to everything in life is when it gets a bit complicated to water it down and make it simple again.
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To me, paintings are about beauty. They are very feminine, and beauty is something very feminine. For a long time, people would talk with me about identity. I don't have issues with identity, I just follow this kind of feminine beauty because I became a victim of my art, which I think is the best thing for an artist. So many artists use their talent, but with the best artists, their talent uses them.
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If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad.
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Books on horse racing subjects have never done well, and I am told that publishers had come to think of them as the literary version of box office poison.
