Laura Hillenbrand Quotes
I've used a cellphone exactly twice. Things move on. The world changes. And I don't know it.
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If you are hopeful, if you are optimistic, other people want to help you. And if you are down in the dumps, other people may still help you, but I've noticed that they're walking, not running, over to you.
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'Murder in the First' takes 12 episodes to explore the crime and the issues surrounding it, all in the hopes of answering the question, 'How did we get to this point?'
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In the age of the internet when everybody's a pundit, we're still gonna need somebody there to go talk to the colonels, to be on the ground in Baghdad and stuff and that's very expensive.
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You're never going to read 'The Wealth of Nations,' and you shouldn't, really. It's 900 pages.
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It is one of the ironies of the ministry that the very man who works in God's name is often hardest put to find time for God. The parents of Jesus lost Him at church, and they were not the last ones to lose Him there.
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The fact that Western Muslims are free means that they can have enormous impact. But it would be wrong to claim that we are imposing our ways on the West. New ideas are now coming from the West. To be traditional is not so much a question of protecting ourselves as to be traditionalist in principle.
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I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career.
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Everything must be carried out in extreme sobriety.
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So, it's like: I'm an OK singer; I'm an OK guitar player and you put them together and... it's just OK.
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Boning is a pain, but it makes such a majestic chicken.
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I love songs that people can dance to and enjoy at the same time.
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When the CEO makes a decision, people don't come back on it.
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I still have a young attitude.
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There are people who are very resourceful, at being remorseful, and who apparently feel that the best way to make friends is to do something terrible and then make amends.
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In novels, and American novels in particular, it's not just about redemption, it's about forward movement and healing oneself. Americans are very big on getting better.
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'Good English' is whatever educated people talk; so that what is good in one place or time would not be so in another.
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I used to be a huge fan of 'Lockup' on MSNBC, and that certainly has helped with my understanding of the world.
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We're in danger of breaking our army and preventing our national leaders from having the flexibility to confront not just Iraq and Afghanistan, but crises around the globe.
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Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present.
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My life, the most truthful one, is unrecognizable, extremely interior, and there is no single word that gives it meaning.
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I guess really what my goal is is just to enlarge the violin repertoire.
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If it's really beautiful weather, sometimes I might take a helicopter out. I got my license in 1999.
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I have to meditate before I go to bed, always. I have to let the day go and let the eternal in.
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I've used a cellphone exactly twice. Things move on. The world changes. And I don't know it.
