Dorothy Gilman Quotes
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Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven.
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I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.
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There is so much to do in my house, in every little corner. It's just like anybody, it's like one step at a time. I try to decorate one space and a pipe breaks or whatever - you know how it is.
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We are all focused each and every day on doing our jobs, chief executive of our states, until the very last hour that we are in office, and certainly the president is as well.
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I just make up lyrics off the top of my head. A lot of times, there's a phrase I really like, and I kind of build the song around that.
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It's hard for me to view Baltimore outside the context of what Baltimore has always been in my mind: a violent place.
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Negroes must be free in order to be equal, and they must be equal in order to be free... Men cannot win freedom unless they win equality. They cannot win equality unless they win freedom.
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I'm not an agent from any government, even if some of you may not believe it. I'm not. I'm a peacemaker.
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The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.
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I love the color pink. It makes a bold statement.
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I hope everybody enjoys our input on 'Black Water' - it sure was a lot of fun getting to record it.
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Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.
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I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
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One of the few benefits of being a journalist is that you're not in the Army.
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Effective teacher support in my mind is the same thing as effective management. Our teachers need strong management, just like anyone in any profession.
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I feel Dress for Success is basically about empowering women who were in a disadvantaged situation. The act of wearing a suit when she's walking in the door, it's so powerful - it's about gaining control of their lives and situations.
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I think there's nothing that can drive you more than a huge dream or a huge challenge.
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I do not watch horror films. At all. I am not a horror film girl; I don't have the stomach for it. I've seen a few in my lifetime, like 'The Shining' or 'Carrie,' but I can't sleep for, like, a week after I see something like that.
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You learn different things through fiction. Historians are always making a plot about how certain things came to happen. Whereas a novelist looks at tiny little things and builds up a sort of map, like a painting, so that you see the shapes of things.
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Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.
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I always make a joke that they transplanted Martina McBride's eyes and put them in my head.
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The problem is that a lot of the blues stations are late on Saturday night, and like a lot of people, I ain't no vampire!
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They say revenge is a dish best eaten cold, but for most people, by the time it's ready to eat, they just don't fancy it any more.
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People need dreams, there's as much nourishment in 'em as food.
