Dorothy Canfield Fisher Quotes
Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.
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I think a strong dollar is the result of policies, but I don't think the strong dollar is in and of itself a policy.
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That service is the noblest which is rendered for its own sake.
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I needed to really pursue music and learn what I needed to learn on my own by getting in and doing it, not by reading a book about it.
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I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance.
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There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie.
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Follow me around. I don't care. If anybody wants to put a tail on me, go ahead. They'd be very bored.
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The West has become the world model; developing countries are dreaming of living like us, which is impossible. They should reject our model, because it is not sustainable. Developing countries should even give us the example, but unfortunately that's not what happens.
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Our relationships with our computers are almost sexual, they're so close. They're just such a huge part of our lives.
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I've always dreamed of having a large family.
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Whenever you can bring your chops in as a reporter to unearth a cool story, that's always a good thing.
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The most annoying and full-of-crap thing a writer says is, 'I write only for myself, I don't care if anyone reads it.' A writer without a reader doesn't exist.
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American business at this point is really about developing an idea, making it profitable, selling it while it's profitable and then getting out or diversifying. It's just about sucking everything up.
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If a guy is skilled at anything, that's attractive. There's something very primal about that and, sure, it can be as simple as figuring out the tip quickly. It's really cool when a guy tips 20 percent quickly and effortlessly so that when the check comes, he opens it and signs his name and done.
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Everybody has a story... and a scream.
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
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All we have is our vote. But it's powerful.
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Place me behind prison walls - walls of stone ever so high, ever so thick, reaching ever so far into the ground. There is a possibility that in some way or another I may be able to escape. But stand me on that floor and draw a chalk line around me and have me give my word of honor never to cross it. Can I get out of that circle? No. Never.
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From even the greatest of horrors, irony is seldom absent.
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I never wanted to be rich or successful or famous. I just wanted to be happy and have fun.
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By the end of the writing process, which is about 80 songs per album, I look at the material and think, what's going to make a difference in someone's life.
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It is not the business of generals to shoot one another.
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Its difficult. People might just be scared of being in an uncomfortable situation. I have never had any difficulties.
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Prayer among men is supposed a means to change the person to whom we pray; but prayer to God doth not change him, but fits us to receive the things prayed for.
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Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.
