Fred L. Turner Quotes
I think the ability to focus is a thread that runs through so-called successful people. And that's something that can be developed. It can be self-taught.
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I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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Any conception of human well-being you could plausibly have, the Taliban patently fails to maximize it.
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The novel moves like all the arts. It's transforming itself all the time.
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Not every woman has time to go to a salon and have her hair blow-dried every day.
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As long as I have my health, I want to be reporting somewhere.
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When confronting most crises, whether historic or contemporary, aid agencies generally muddle along on a case-by-case basis. They weigh insufficient information, extrapolate somewhat blindly about long-term pros and cons, and reluctantly arrive at decisions meant to do the most good and the least harm.
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Swimming is my passion and something that I love.
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Immigrants use the library often. A lot of them don't have access to books and Internet at home. They seem so disconnected to the city.
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Israeli citizens deserve full-time ministers.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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All novels attempt to cut neural routes through the brain, to convince us that down this road the true future of the novel lies.
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One of the recent love stories I enjoyed was Bhaskar's 'Bommarillu.'
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It's the irrational things that interest me.
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You know the greatest thing about working on 'Fallon?' I get so many anonymous gifts.
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I spent my whole teenage life trying to get to London and go to dance school, but when I got there, I couldn't wait to get to the clubs on weekends. I knew I wanted to make music.
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Beethoven's music tends to move from chaos to order, as if order were an imperative of human existence.
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We sat around and I fed them barbecue and whiskey. And pretty soon everyone started to compete with each other on the guitars. It seemed the more everyone drank and ate, the more everyone got into it.
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Okay, gang," I said, "according to blueprints, there's an elevator access panel on the east side of the building. We may get a little dirty, but—" "I thought we'd just go through the doors," Liz said, flashing three beautifully engraved invitations and some wonderfully authentic fake IDs. The tickets were $20,000 each. The Secret Service had been vetting the guest list for weeks, so Bex and I stopped beneath a streetlamp and studied Liz. "Do I even want to know where you got those?" I asked. Liz seemed to ponder it, and then she said, "No.
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I love Canada. Canada is a great neighbour. Canada has been a great friend and neighbor for many, many years.
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It’s ok to be white.
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Most of the debates I've participated in have been on Christian college campuses or on secular campuses; so, largely before a student audience.
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Eve was still frowning at the pasta like she suspected it was going to do something clever, like try to escape from the pot.
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I think the ability to focus is a thread that runs through so-called successful people. And that's something that can be developed. It can be self-taught.
