Dean Koontz Quotes
If you have to pay the bills, and you write something you're not proud of, use a pen-name for that.
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My views on everything from welfare to a balanced budget to affirmative action can be traced to what Buddy and Helen Watts taught me as a young boy growing up poor but proud in Eufaula.
J. C. Watts
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I'm stingy and I'm proud of the reputation.
Ingvar Kamprad
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I'm proud to say I've never been anybody's lapdog.
Dan Rather
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You know, I'm very proud of the large number of Hispanic endorsements that I've received.
Carly Fiorina
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I felt bad to have to get divorced. I wasn't proud of that.
Tasha Smith
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I loved my start. I'm proud of my spots. I don't feel embarrassed by anything that I did... It definitely helped me more than hurt me.
Nate Torrence
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Even if I died in the service of the nation, I would be proud of it. Every drop of my blood... will contribute to the growth of this nation and to make it strong and dynamic.
Indira Gandhi
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I have deep roots in this Oklahoma soil. It makes me proud.
N. Scott Momaday
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When I talk football with my friends, I don't talk about Tom Brady's hair. I talk about how he handles the blitz, or how he runs his offense. I talk as a fan. I don't want pink jerseys, and I don't want dumbed-down content. I want to be treated as a real fan - because I am proud to be one.
Indra Nooyi
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Japanese are very proud and workaholics. Proud workaholics.
Yoko Ono
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My mother and I were very close and even when I left home and came to London I would ring her every day. She was very proud of me and loved my celebrity. She would often come to shoots and TV shows with me.
Gail Porter
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A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer, and shall pass into the immortal, as gently as we awake from dreams.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Songs like Reach and S Club Party are pop classics. I'm really proud that I had a part in them.
Rachel Stevens
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Inspiration is some mysterious blessing which happens when the wheels are turning smoothly.
Quentin Blake
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My mother is a proud Brazilian. I love visiting my family in Rio; the city and its people are so vibrant and amazing.
Harley Viera-Newton
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We now occupy the proud attitude of a sovereign and independent Republic, which will impose upon us the obligation of evincing to the world that we are worthy to be free. This will only be accomplished by wise legislation, the maintenance of our integrity, and the faithful and just redemption of our plighted faith wherever it has been pledged.
Sam Houston
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I'm about to become a member of the Chemists Society of America. I'm very proud of that.
Victoria Principal
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Houston's one of the most diverse urban areas in the entire country, and most people here are really proud of that.
Laura Moser
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I always wanted everyone to like me. I wanted the city of Pittsburgh to be proud of me. But my first few seasons, I could to count the number of people on my bandwagon on one finger.
Terry Bradshaw
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I think I'd make a pretty good president, and they have a great pension plan.
Pat Paulsen
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I get nostalgic about having lived in Ames, Iowa, even though being a vegetarian in Iowa is not fun. But I really love Durham more than any place I've ever been; some small towns can be really provincial and strangling, but Durham is the best city in the world.
John Darnielle
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Now the name of the little black kitten was Ink,And the little gray mouse, she called him Blink,And the little yellow dog was sharp as Mustard,But the dragon was a coward, and she called him Custard.
Ogden Nash
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Children are different—mentally, physically, spiritually, quantitatively, qualitatively; and furthermore, they're all a little bit nuts.
Jean Kerr
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If you have to pay the bills, and you write something you're not proud of, use a pen-name for that.
Dean Koontz