Dorothy Dunnett Quotes
And habits are hell's own substitute for good intentions. Habits are the ruin of ambition, of initiative , of imagination. They're the curse of marriage and the after-bane of death.
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The want of money is the root of all evil.
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All those things you hear about networks trying to stifle creativity - CW lets creators create and gives us freedom.
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I said yes, which turned out to be the right answer.
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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
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I know Dark Phoenix is a huge part of the X-Men saga, so I'm assuming they're at least going to want to touch on it, but I don't know and I don't know whether I would want to be involved. That depends on many different things.
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Even a genius cannot completely resist his Zeitgeist, the spirit of his time.
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That you get booed belongs to professional sports.
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I do have the personnel that we use in the back of my head when I'm working, but I also don't want to limit myself.
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It wasn't until I set out to write a novel about marriage that I realized how little I knew about the institution.
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I think there's a big misconception out there about actors and the choices they have.
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Every year, I say the Seahawks are going to win the Super Bowl. There's no doubt in my mind every single year. And you have to keep in mind this was well before the Seahawks were good. This was, like, 2-14, drafting-Rick-Mirer Seahawks. I would still be saying they were going to win the Super Bowl.
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I don't believe there is any finer mission on Earth than just to make people laugh.
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I got even with all the bad management I had by being a good manager.
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'Stand By You' is about sticking by the person you love not only when things are easy, but being there for them during trials and letting them know they aren't alone.
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All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.
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Like I said, I'm just trying to continue to improve and get better.
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I wanted to write a novel that would make others feel the history: the pain and fear that black people have had to live through in order to endure.
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The more sympathy you give, the less you need.
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It was weird - writing is a stupid thing to do. I come up here in the morning to a pleasant room in the roof of my house and imagine I'm a black South American football superstar; then I have to imagine I'm a female pop celebrity who's pregnant. It's a completely mad way to spend your time.
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(The lockout) makes no sense unless you put it in the context of a wider strategy, which is to somehow weaken Canadians' commitment to Canada Post so that ultimately, when the government gets out there to privatize it, they think they can get the public on their side
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Beware At war Or at peace, More people die Of unenlightened self-interest Than of any other disease
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People ask what the secret of a happy marriage is. If there is one, it's 'don't talk about it.'
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And habits are hell's own substitute for good intentions. Habits are the ruin of ambition, of initiative , of imagination. They're the curse of marriage and the after-bane of death.
