Emma Bonino Quotes
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When you grow up in a place, you always think it's mundane. Then you travel around and live in different places, and you realise that you've got it the wrong way 'round.
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I thought if I put my book up on the Internet as a file that you could download, and I told people about it, maybe some people would download it and read it, and maybe I could get some response.
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Relationships, like cars, should undergo regular services to make sure they are still roadworthy.
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I know the power obedience has of making things easy which seem impossible.
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Readers appreciate the truth. Why say, 'Some think a situation is a mess?' Based on my reporting, if a situation is a mess, then I say that. The truth is always what reporters tell each other when they get back to the newsroom.
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My father was my trainer, my teacher. He was closer to my sister in the sense that she adored him and he adored her. He was more like my pal. Because of the 13-year gap, I think by the time I came along, it wasn't a big deal. I wasn't spoilt or cherished, I was just put to work.
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I think that Amanda Nunes and Julianna Pena and Valentina Shevchenko... they've showed how much this level has gone up in female fighting in a very short period of time.
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You have to push yourself when you're older because it's very easy to fall into the trap. You start to fall apart - you just have to do your best to paste yourself together. I think doing things and being active is very important. When your mind is busy, you don't hurt so much.
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'The Shining,' 'A Nightmare on Elm Street,' 'Halloween.' Those are the greats.
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Often they benefit who suffer wrong.
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I have been shocked at the number of people who don't watch television.
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I like having a tailor everywhere because I am everywhere.
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My road to publishing actually came through a colleague who connected me to my agent, and the faculty at Cornell was very supportive.
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People tell me that Hollywood loves new faces, but I don't know. They're probably just being nice.
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I don't bring expectations to any of my books. I don't tell people what to do. I want to invite them in.
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Contemporary literature in the West has shown some signs of ethical change.
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The real prize is never delivered by memory or by imagination, but by something above them.
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It's asking a great deal that things should appeal to your reason as well as your sense of the aesthetic.
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Here's the thing about me: I have a job to do and I do it.
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Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.
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You know I took an oath to tell the truth when I took the witness stand.
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The death tax causes one-third of all family-owned small businesses to liquidate after the death of the owner. It is also an unfair tax because the assets have already been taxed once at their income level.
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It’s unfortunate that we live in such a panicked, dysmorphic society where women don’t even give themselves a chance to see what they’ll look like as older persons. I want to have some idea of what I’ll look like before I start cleaning the slates.
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I should have worried about taking responsibilities for which I was not ready.
