Dorothy Dunnett Quotes
If I can’t be personal, I don’t want to argue,” said his hostess categorically. “I may be missing your points, but you’re much too busy dodging mine.
Dorothy Dunnett
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I voted for Barack Obama.
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I wrote music as soon as I knew notation.
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We have to support our own films. If we don't, how can we expect others to support them?
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Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.
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Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark
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Rush Limbaugh is beginning to look more and more like Mr. Big, and at some point somebody's going to jam a CO2 pellet into his head and he's going to explode like a giant blimp. That day may come.
Chris Matthews
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If I can’t be personal, I don’t want to argue,” said his hostess categorically. “I may be missing your points, but you’re much too busy dodging mine.
Dorothy Dunnett
