Maeve Binchy Quotes
I think you've got to play the hand that you're dealt and stop wishing for another hand.
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Like in every peace process, and especially in Colombia, there all kinds of problems that will come through. Not only is the process by itself very complicated but it has lots of underground complications.
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The medication I had to take was a form of chemotherapy. You feel like death every day. No appetite. No energy. But the treatment worked. It cured my liver 80 per cent but compromised my kidneys.
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I am tired of women playing action heroes like men, because they are not men. But sometimes they are written like men.
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I wasn't a visionary but I literally had my finger on the pulse of the women of America.
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I could see myself in some sort of pioneer bonnet, it's my childhood fantasy, but I think I look too Jewish for the prairie.
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He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
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I have two homes in Malibu, a home in Canada that I'm building, and I just love pouring my heart out into this part of my life.
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We were taught manners and we had to do our chores - Katie and I grew up as normal kids.
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When the Islamic revolution began in 1979 under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini, it aroused considerable admiration in the Arab street. It presented a model of organised popular action that deposed one of the region's most tyrannical regimes. The people of the region discerned in this revolution new hope for freedom and change.
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I always had the theory that the most important thing is be happy, enjoy what are you doing, and be fresh mentally.
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I don't want to do anything like Can't Hardly Wait, I don't want to do anything like Scream. I saw all those movies, and they were good, but they're just not what I want to do.
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Chanting was very deep for me. It was as if I remembered it. It was like a real surrender.
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It's a voluntary act. I cannot punish anyone not taking the public transport, but I want everyone, from the highest ranking officers to the lowest, to take public transport every Wednesday.
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Do not underestimate the determination of a quiet man.
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As a kid, I collected 'Vogue' every month for three years.
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I'm a dedicated Republican and a proud party man.
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The one snack I really love is YoCrunch yogurt. It's like an apple pie in a cup! You have your apples on the bottom, your yogurt in the middle, and piecrust crumbs on top.
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Professionally, I really respect Natalie Portman – her career choices, actually going for stuff with substance.
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After every major conflict - World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the fall of the Soviet Union - what happened was that we ultimately hollowed out the force, largely by doing deep across-the-board cuts.
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Why are fish unsustainable? Because they're popular. What makes restaurants work? Popular dishes that people come back for.
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I love Dylan. I only met him once, about three years ago, back at the Kettle of Fish on MacDougal Street. That was before I went to England. I think both of us were pretty drunk at the time, so he probably doesn’t remember it.
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I think you've got to play the hand that you're dealt and stop wishing for another hand.
