Deb Caletti Quotes
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The highest duty of the man is not to his father, but to his wife; and for the sake of that woman he abandons all other earthly ties, should any of these happen to interfere with that relation.
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Fiction basically is a form of gossip where you want to enter other people's lives, the lives of people you don't know, and you want to know what's going to happen to them.
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First developed as a weapon by the U.S. Army, VX is an oily, odorless and tasteless liquid that kills on contact with the skin or when inhaled in aerosol form. Like other nerve agents, it is treatable in the first minutes after exposure but otherwise leads swiftly to fatal convulsions and respiratory failure.
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It is a remarkably easy thing to do, pointing out the faults of others and suggesting remedies or courses of action in an argumentative and pedantic sort of way, and I am still amazed that there are many people in the American media who are paid very big money to do this.
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I just don't think men fancy me.
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Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development.
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At Munich we sold the Czechs for a few months grace, but the disgrace will last as long as history.
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It is a matter of simple fact that Icelanders have always been notoriously indolent.
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We should teach the students, as well as executives, how to conduct experiments, how to examine data, and how to use these tools to make better decisions.
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I am a leader in my own world. That's enough for me.
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A lie to me is a dream that might come true.
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I love being a mother. I think it's the best thing I've ever done, and I personally feel that it's had a very positive effect on my work. I think it's an encouraging force for creativity, it feeds creativity - it did for me, certainly.
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I like having a bunch of different experiences. I don't want to do just one thing for the rest of my life.
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Government bonds have basically been sold in the domestic market, so there is some sense of stability, but the amount of public debt is really severe... Japan must manage its finances with a sense of urgency.
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Nevertheless, it is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.
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A lot of my friends are club people. It's not me. It's funny to represent that, because it's not me. I don't fit into a gay club setting. It's just ironic that I represent that somehow.
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I think, certainly in the more civilized societies, women's roles are growing in power all of the time.
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Starring in a science-fiction film doesn't mean you have to act science fiction.
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You can't reconcile being pro-life on abortion and pro-death on the death penalty.
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One cannot prescribe to anyone whether he should follow an ethic of absolute ends or an ethic of responsibility.
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Obviously any export of uranium to India could only occur within an appropriate international framework to be negotiated by the commonwealth government.
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Men and women approaching retirement age should be recycled for public service work, and their companies should foot the bill. We can no longer afford to scrap-pile people.
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Her pupils were at once her salvation and her despair. They gave her the means of supporting life, but they made life hardly worth supporting.
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I became a writer because I love books, and I believe in their power.
