Mary Hansen Quotes
We always stressed not looking past the next game, but knowing we hosted it (the final four) ... it was hard not to think about.
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Love is the strongest and most fragile thing we have in life.
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My Kindle readers have been incredibly faithful fans.
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The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.
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If we could, we'd change a lot of things. But the only thing that's going to really change things is money and time. And time might just make it worse, too.
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I would think flying would be pretty cool. You would be able to fly away from all your enemies and get where you're going much faster. But being invisible? You probably wouldn't use that for the good of man.
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Kids don't hesitate to ask questions. And it's a great honor to have the kids say, 'Your books have made me trust you.'
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Armenians and Azerbaijanis in Stepanakert, capital of the Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous region, rioted over much needed spelling reform in the Soviet Union.
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One of the annoying things about believing in free will and individual responsibility is the difficulty of finding somebody to blame your problems on. And when you do find somebody, it's remarkable how often his picture turns up on your driver's license.
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You know, the way I'm accepted, I almost feel like Judy Garland, truly. It makes no sense to me because I don't think that I've been any more outspoken... Or maybe I have, I don't know. But everyone I know supports anything that has to do with raising money or with AIDS.
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A man and a woman Are one. A man and a woman and a blackbird Are one.
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I can't play guitar like Pete Townshend. The flip side of that is that Pete Townshend could probably never have played like me.
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That's the joke about confinement pigs: they taste like whatever sauce you cook them with.
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When I was a prosecutor in Kansas City, my job was to fight for justice and safety for all citizens in my community. Equal access to justice under the law is an American value embedded in the fabric of our legal and political system - the idea that anybody, powerful or not, can have their day in court.
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The books you read as a young person are books that stay with you forever. I think that is the biggest privilege of writing for young people. You feel like you can help shape somebody.
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Classical music is something that we're very passionate about, but we always thought it was presented in a stuffy way.
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I know a lot of a cappella groups, but none of them are doing backflips while singing, for sure.
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Top athletes are like warriors.
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I wouldn't say I was bullied per se, but I did get a lot of unwanted attention because I was musical and stood out. In school you don't want to stand out; you want to blend in.
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There are a few Irish writers who have a very strong influence on me, especially on the 'Take Me to Church' EP.
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A married woman has the same natural right to acquire and hold property, and to make all contracts that she is mentally competent to make reasonably, as has a married man, or any other man.
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Mathematical magic combines the beauty of mathematical structure with the entertainment value of a trick.
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We always stressed not looking past the next game, but knowing we hosted it (the final four) ... it was hard not to think about.
