Mary Doria Russell Quotes
God's got a lot of explaining to do. Of course, God never explains. When life breaks your heart, you're just supposed to pick up the pieces and start all over, I guess.
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The Supreme Court's only armor is the cloak of public trust; its sole ammunition, the collective hopes of our society.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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I spent half my life being hurt. The leftovers of hurt are an automatic gesture, like a dog that salivates.
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I think I need security.
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Greetings and death to our enemies.
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People deal with models like they are children. They think they can pull one over on you. It's actually funny. I'm always like, I'm about to pull something on you, and you're so focused on thinking I'm dumb, you're not even going to know.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me back just a little.
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All too often, the pitchmen are selling the notion that if you gain 'control' over your financial destiny - pick your own stocks and execute your own trades - it will be the first step on a short road to riches.
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I've always loved both writing and songwriting. The journey is fascinating to me.
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It comes back to the same old question people are always asking me: 'When are you going to do a solo record?' Well, if I did, it would probably be similar to 'Baluchitherium,' meaning it would be Van Halen music - which I write anyway - but without singing.
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If you think that by threatening me you can get me to do what you want... well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying this because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.
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I'm very competitive but in a very nice way.
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So black people all across this country are uniting. They must unite, and they must organize themselves.
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I've always been more of a camera hog than anything, and it's just another way to get it all out!
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It used to be that watching a film was a very special occasion, the same way flying was. Before, if you took a flight from New York to L.A., most of the windows would be open. Now, we get on planes and we just close them because we're so used to what it feels like. I think the same thing has happened with cinema.
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Once I was in the city, I really enjoyed it. Just to experience things. There was so much new stuff.
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This is Earth. Isn't it hot?
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What we're trying to do at Yahoo is build our products so they're safe and trustworthy, not just secure.
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Crime stories show us the part of people's lives they try to keep hidden.
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Ultimately, you know, I'm a grown-up, I've been in this business a long time. I've got kids. I've got to do my stuff. But I also need to keep it there so I can bring it up again the next day at work or whatever.
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When I was diagnosed, I believed my illness would be my great, lifelong weakness. Bipolar disorder was to be my impenetrable prison, and I would be locked up with it in a castle Princess Toadstool style. Thinking there was no way out, I let it consume me.
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I was born in Orange, California and I grew up in Huntington Beach. I started skateboarding when I was five and continued to do so off and on over the years.
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God's got a lot of explaining to do. Of course, God never explains. When life breaks your heart, you're just supposed to pick up the pieces and start all over, I guess.
