Dorothy Dunnett Quotes
Look up . . . and see them. The teaching stars, beyond worship and commonplace tongues.
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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I never pursued being 'famous.'
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In a family of all girls, I was always the 'boy' in my mind - the protector, the masculine one. No one would ever have to worry about me.
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Young people do not watch television; they are on the Internet.
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Everybody has to agree that the best thing we can do to start reducing the deficit in this country is to put people back to work.
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I need a little bass and I don't even need that crazy bass to break your face. I just want it to sound good when I have my favorite song.
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ISIS is at war with America, but America is not at war with ISIS - not the president, nor the Congress, and certainly not the American people.
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Houston is kind of a melting pot. There are many different cultures and ethnicities represented out there, even on my team. It's really cool: you'll see so many different things.
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What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a very good idea.
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The spiritual reality of the Indian world is very evident, very highly developed. I think it affects the life of every Indian person in one way or another.
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When I had my first child, I started to try and make fresh food for him daily, and I became frustrated with the amount of work - and time - involved in making baby food at home.
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What bothers me, I guess, is when I get these messages from girls on Twitter, and they're like, 'God, you're my idol, I really admire you.' It's like, 'Admire me for what? What have I done?' It's not that being in a Burberry campaign, or walking in a Chanel show is nothing. It's just... I know I can do more.
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The Supreme Court of the United States... has validated the Nazi method of execution in... concentration camps, starving them to death.
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Bob Dylan impresses me about as much as... well, I was gonna say a slug but I like slugs.
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My entire high school career - my entire school career - I've been like three feet taller than everyone in my grade.
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I want to, at the end of the day, be able to say, 'I am a runner.'
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We've had Audrey Hepburn, we've had Twiggy, we've had Veruschka, we've had Kate Moss. I'm trying to figure out why I am to blame for skinniness.
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No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation.
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With skill she vibrates her eternal tongue,Forever most divinely in the wrong.
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I've got Democratic skin, but a Republican pocket.
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As they say, one thing led to another, and, ultimately, the British and Irish governments asked me to serve as chairman of the peace negotiations, which ironically began six years ago this week.
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Each of our 900 shows so far was different - maybe that's what makes the fans come back to our gigs time and again. And that they're always part of the show. Phish concerts are a communal experience.
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It's so interesting how you can take a bad situation and make a great song out of it that somebody else can listen to and have a completely different perspective of the song and have their own meaning. That's what's great about it.
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Look up . . . and see them. The teaching stars, beyond worship and commonplace tongues.
