Laura Hillenbrand Quotes
I was 8 years old when I went across the street from my house to a fair, and they always had a used book sale. For a quarter I bought a book called 'Come On Seabiscuit.' I loved that book. It stayed with me all those years.
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I went from living in the Dominican Republic - every day, my mom and I would cook, or we'd go hang out with the kids - to flying a private jet to Chicago with Zac Efron and Dennis Quaid. People had champagne, and they were going to these amazing restaurants. It was a culture shock. It's important, I think, to have that. To see both sides.
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It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.
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In order for a man to feel whole, he needs someone to look up to and someone to look up to him.
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
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I do admit to being slightly in love with Christopher Walken.
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As the law minister, I had ensured that the government's right to natural resources was protected. The result was evident. The honourable Supreme Court gave the landmark decision in RIL vs RNRL case that the government is the owner of all natural resources.
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I don't eat red meat.
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People respect nonfiction but they read novels.
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'Peace through Strength' only works if you have and show strength.
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I was always kind of florid. And full of rhetoric. That was my flaw. My whole time writing, I've had to work against that because it can be a wrecking posture.
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You are where you are today because you have chosen to be there.
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One of the goals of the Feminist Elite is to reinforce to women the idea that men are obsolete.
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I have a 15-year-old daughter who thinks that I always had this self confidence that I have now at the age of 60. And I always tell her that what she is going through - the low self-esteem as a teenager - that is a right of passage.
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I didn't really feel that there were any filler tracks on 'The Red Shoes,' but if I were to do that album now, I wouldn't make it so long.
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Honest honey, I feel like crying every time I sit down to write you a letter... I am so unlucky.
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Foreign politicians don't have resources - or limited resources. It's useless dealing with them.
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I just like seeing the world, and it doesn't matter where.
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I want to collect more records from terrorists, but less records from innocent Americans. The Fourth Amendment was what we fought the Revolution over! John Adams said it was the spark that led to our war for independence, and I'm proud of standing for the Bill of Rights, and I will continue to stand for the Bill of Rights.
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When I was probably 5 or 6, my mother put me into an acting, singing, and dancing class.
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Historically, aggression unanswered has led to more aggression.
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What's interesting is to be sexy but not know it. You'll be in a restaurant, and some girls will walk in and you can tell that they really want to be sexy. It's written on their faces because that's all they want to show. There's a fear that one might not look further.
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I'm usually the one who creates most of my work. I have a lot of different ideas that I want to do, so I'm always like, 'Get on it, girl.'
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What do I myself think of this particular book? I feel lousy about it, but I always feel lousy about my books.
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I was 8 years old when I went across the street from my house to a fair, and they always had a used book sale. For a quarter I bought a book called 'Come On Seabiscuit.' I loved that book. It stayed with me all those years.
