Donna Tartt Quotes
Children love secret club houses. They love secrecy even when there's no need for secrecy.
Quotes to Explore
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Marriage is like paying an endless visit in your worst clothes.
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But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.
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I am sure that the party system is right and necessary. There must be some scum.
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Everybody talks. Anthony Pettis talked before the fight. Donald Cerrone talked before the fight. See what happened?
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Is it not careless to become too local when there are four hundred billion stars in our galaxy alone.
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When I'm on stage, it's like a different world ... me connecting with the audience. It's a surreal experience.
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When I was a baby feminist, leading feminist thinkers were insisting that if women ran the world, there would be no sadism or war.
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Forty percent of my portfolio is in the U.S. In the rest of the world, most of the places I invest in or invested in are Brazil, Russia, Germany with a little bit of Turkey, China, India, France and Israel sprinkled in there.
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I had never done a roast, but I really wanted to, because it's so different from standup.
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I just picked up a lot of classic-rock, melodic influence from my mom, music that she listened to, like 10,000 Maniacs, Led Zeppelin, REO Speedwagon and Yes.
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I drink a gallon of water a day.
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Polonium is, frankly, pretty useless, and no country in the world except Russia bothered to refine it by the late 2000s.
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I want to be proactive in bringing about change and enlightening people.
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My mother was adorable, a great giggler. My father was very strong and could be quite frightening.
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You always have something to learn from people who have been through more than you. Be open and receptive to what they know.
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In any other corporation, if there was so many things that were found to be corrupt, then the man at the top would go - but that doesn't seem to be the case with FIFA.
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Appearance is something you should definitely consider when you're going out. Have your girlfriend clip your nails or something like that.
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Sometimes I want to party, sometimes I want to fight and sometimes I want to cry.
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I think friendship is more important than love, but that love that grows out of friendship is the very best of all.
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The only time we fail is when we stop trying.
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Private equity firms aren't necessarily evil by definition. There are many stories of successful turnarounds fueled by private equity, often involving multiple floundering businesses that are rolled into a single entity, eliminating duplicative overhead.
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We all have little sisters and cousins who look up to us, and we see what they go through. So we have to be an example. A lot of artists come into this business and they don't see things that way. But as you get older - and now that we also have children - your conscience starts working on you.
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We've educated children to think that spontaneity is inappropriate. Children are willing to expose themselves to experiences. We aren't. Grownups always say they protect their children, but they're really protecting themselves. Besides, you can't protect children. They know everything.
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Children love secret club houses. They love secrecy even when there's no need for secrecy.
