Mary Grandpre Quotes
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the dark.
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I spend my life essentially alone at a computer. That doesn't change. I have the same challenges every day.
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There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.
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Scepticism, that dry caries of the intelligence.
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I do remember in high school I wanted to be a disc jockey.
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I think that's one of the most unique and potentially powerful things about reddit - people come for the news, and stay for the community.
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Most families had four, five brothers. But because it was just me and Darryl, we had to be twice as strong.
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This is the beauty of fiction. We may not like these characters, but we inhabit them.
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Beset by a difficult problem? Now is your chance to shine. Pick yourself up, get to work and get triumphantly through it.
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Everyone wants to psychoanalyze me. I don't know why.
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I like junk food, French fries, hamburgers - I love it.
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I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.
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Redheads were particularly persecuted during the European witch trials of the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The colour was associated with the devil, and the pale skin which most redheads have was thought unnatural and deathly.
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I love the way girls in London dress; it's so different to the American 'blow-dry and immaculate grooming' thing.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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I can be very ordinary looking.
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Kaepernick's protest has been very successful. I really appreciate the fact that he's been giving away money to organisations; he pledged to give away a million dollars, and he's been doing it.
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When I was born, my parents - my mother especially - couldn't come to terms with that fact that they had another baby girl. I know these stories in detail because every time a guest visited, or there was a gathering, they repeated this story in front of me that how I was the unwanted child.
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Governing today means giving acceptable signs of credibility. It is like advertising and it is the same effect that is achieved - commitment to a scenario.
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I loved 'Deadpool'. I loved the comics, and I loved the script.
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I get to show the reader the essence of the book without giving anything away.
