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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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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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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The Arab awakening was driven by youth, organized by technology, and fired by a hunger for political change.
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How do you sustain yourself when all the old structures people looked to for support - religion, family, ethnic solidarity - are crumbling, or feel so false that you refuse to avail yourself of them? What comes next?
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The United States being a limited form of government, one of the restrictions to which it is subject is in regard to its power to levy taxes. The States may levy them for a great many purposes for which Congress cannot, because to the States belong all of the powers not delegated to Congress.
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I was not a kid who watched every movie. I watched a very small number of movies over and over again.
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It surprises me how much children like me, you know? If they look at me as an example, I have a big responsibility.
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You know, I can imagine not writing a novel and writing poetry only.
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Thanks to my parents, who had me traveling around the world mouth-first, I knew from a young age I wanted a career in food.
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The greatest thing anyone can do for God and man is pray. It is not the only thing; but it is the chief thing. The great people of the earth today are the people who pray. I do not mean those who talk about prayer; not those who can explain about prayer; but I mean those people who take time and pray.
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Of course I wanted children. Bright, gorgeous, loving children. I could almost see them.
