Maeve Binchy Quotes
Of course I wanted children. Bright, gorgeous, loving children. I could almost see them.
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The same liberty that protects me also protects members of the Mafia.
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My parents were the good parents that said, 'You should try and get a good job and go to college and get an education.'
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The marketability, the success of a book, ultimately rests with whether or not people will find the concept/characters/title/cover appealing.
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You know, I endeavor to be more like my older brother. He's very magnetic. He's actually very much like 'Castle' in that people are attracted to him, and just want to be near him. You want to know where my brother is in a crowded room? He's the guy with the crowd around him.
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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
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I'll watch CNN in the mornings to catch up on what's going on. On the weekends, I get the Sunday edition of 'The New York Times.'
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There are a few things that people all around the world need to admit to themselves. Trade restraints slow economic growth, the euro is not a reserve currency, and scoreless sports ties are boring.
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By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
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I'm a black man in the United States of America, so I always feel like there's a target on me.
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I love the simplicity and freedom of running. A pair of shoes, and you are all set to explore new trails.
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I just picked up golf, it was good, give me a chance to play golf.
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I obtained eight years of elementary education in a two-room school, where I encountered a stern but engaging teacher who awakened my intellect with instruction that would seem rigorous today in many colleges. History figured large in the curriculum, exciting for me what was to become an enduring interest.
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It is fantastic to be found in a foreign country.
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Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.
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Every non-Marxist economic theory that treats human and non-human productive inputs as interchangeable assumes that the dehumanisation of human labour is complete. But if it could ever be completed, the result would be the end of capitalism as a system capable of creating and distributing value.
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Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
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I actually have an ice-skating background. I skated until I was 15, for about eight years. It was hardcore skating for about eight hours a day.
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I'm just going to have fun. Maybe that will be the most important thing to do.
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Our industry does not respect tradition - it only respects innovation.
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If priests were allowed to marry, if this would be an optional thing, and if he could have wife and children, he would certainly have less temptation to satisfy certain sexual impulses with minors.
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Most people see what is, and never see what can be.
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Especially today as we fight the war on terror - against an enemy that represents hatred, extremism and stands behind no flag - we need to remember the sacrifices that have gone into protecting our flag.
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We eventually learn that emotional closure is our own action. We can be responsible for it. In any moment, we can choose to open or to close.
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Of course I wanted children. Bright, gorgeous, loving children. I could almost see them.
