Maeve Binchy Quotes
I don't say I was 'proceeding down a thoroughfare;' I say I 'walked down the road'. I don't say I 'passed a hallowed institute of learning;' I say I 'passed a school'.
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Think of an economy where people could be an artist or a photographer or a writer without worrying about keeping their day job in order to have health insurance.
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I can create institutions, but I can't rewrite the chips in people's heads.
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I never left doo wop.
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It is possible to tolerate anything as long as it only affects you. But the method of collective punishment is bigger than that.
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Chicken and horse meat are the best foods for weightlifters, and good food is important.
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New research shows that you will be dead longer than you will be alive.
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I never said I was a genius.
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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
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I don't think taunting chants at players on the other side of the ice is intended to be sexist in the slightest. It's like when you call a goaltender a sieve, they chant that. Is that now inappropriate also?
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I'm a very competitive person. You won't change things unless you are prepared to fight, even if you don't win. But I do hate losing.
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Charity is a very personal equation, like we say charity begins at home. It starts with your immediate help in the house: the people who work for you.
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I open the doors for everybody all the time.
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I think it's great anytime somebody can be in control of their own distribution.
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Wise is he who enjoys the show offered by the world.
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In Shakespeare, unique individuals repudiate the stereotypes demanded by the structure of the play: Shylock commands our sympathy, Barnardine refuses to be hanged. Individuals trump the category.
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I'm interested in personalities, not political parties.
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Looking beautiful isn't just about what you apply on your face. It's the little things you do that matter. A combination of a good diet, exercise, healthy habits, discipline, dancing etc. is what my beauty routine consists of. Also, I have no bad habits; I don't drink or smoke. All these contribute to me being fit and looking good.
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The greatest power that a person possesses is the power to choose.
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I think there's nothing that can drive you more than a huge dream or a huge challenge.
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There is no genius in life like the genius of energy and industry.
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I remember my mom let me stay up late and watch Tara Lipinski and Michelle Kwan compete in the 1998 Olympic Games. I made paper medals and wore them the whole night. I didn't start skating until 2000, but I was so inspired by their skating that it was why I wanted to start.
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I grew up pretty much prevented from knowing anything from Communist China except that they were the bad guys that stole our country.
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I loved playing Anne Bancroft, because she was so wonderfully arch.
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I don't say I was 'proceeding down a thoroughfare;' I say I 'walked down the road'. I don't say I 'passed a hallowed institute of learning;' I say I 'passed a school'.
