Donald Hall Quotes
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I favor pocket-sized hard drives that travel between home and office, syncing with computers on both ends.
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I love watching the old movies. I love Katharine Hepburn. I just adore her and everything that she stood for. I find it interesting watching the likes of Gene Tierney and those classic movies of the '40s.
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If I didn't believe in what I'm doing, I'd rather go to work in a dime store.
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I think personal beliefs of everybody shape everybody.
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If you create great opportunities, people around the world will come support your dream.
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It may be added, to prevent misunderstanding, that when I speak of contemplated objects in this last phrase as objects of contemplation, the act of contemplation itself is of course an enjoyment.
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Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
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We were able in the Recovery Act to get a program where we increased our loan guarantees to 90 percent. Because we had that program, a bank wouldn't have to take that much risk.
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We deploy a full arsenal of tools against voter fraud, including long prison terms, heavy fines and deportation. We have checks and balances at all levels of the system. And we have the Department of Justice prosecutors backing us up.
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It hasn't been hard getting nominated, but winning it is another thing. The competition is tough.
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In South Africa, I feel I am a stranger, at best an animal.
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I think a lot of people are curious about what makes people do what they do, and I guess my curiosity isn't hidden in any way.
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It's an endless proving of myself, that I really am a musician, that I have something to offer in the room. That women can be musicians, women can be rock stars, women can be more than an objectified idea of a pop star.
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While we are being fascinated by the tales of famous serial killers and how they were brought to justice, the real serial killer goes about his business with hardly a thought to being caught.
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Being a professional cricketer, you have to adapt to the conditions quickly. It takes time to get rhythm when you are constantly traveling from one country to another.
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I just like doing silly girly things. If I wrap a gift, I like to use specials ribbon and hot glue, silk flowers and things.
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Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.
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Because I've been on the receiving end of infidelity, I know how much it hurts.
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My blog is an extension of my thinking. Why should I deform my thinking simply because I live under a government that espouses an ideology which I believe to be totally against humanity?
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I am incredibly self-deprecating. It stems from self-doubt.
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When I was 21, I went to London and lived there for eight years.
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Life is too short for any man to hold bitterness in his heart.
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The friendships with women—the women I write about in the book and others—included work. I wanted to show how shared work—parallel or in collaboration—makes for a different kind of affection and intensity.
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I don't have a computer. I never have had one.
