Jacqueline Carey Quotes

I have always loved fantasy; I think probably stepping through the wardrobe with Lucy in C.S. Lewis's 'Narnia Chronicles' was my first exposure when I was really little.

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• Years ago the public used to hound me but now I can go shopping in peace.

  

  Irene Dunne
  • Me
  • Peace
  • Public

• I don't have many friends in Philadelphia. I sort of have one. I have the dog and someone else.

  

  H. G. Bissinger
  • Friends
  • Dog
  • Philadelphia

• Avoid war, because that always pushes human beings backward.

  

  Hans Rosling
  • War
  • Always
  • Human

• A true friend encourages us, comforts us, supports us like a big easy chair, offering us a safe refuge from the world.

  

  H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
  • World
  • True
  • Friend

• There are lots of come-from-behind wins, games getting tied in the last period, teams going on to win. That, I think, tells the best story. Whether or not some teams have more grit, better chemistry, or more luck or more skill, it's still within the parameters. I think that makes for great storytelling and great interest for our fans.

  

  Gary Bettman
  • Great
  • Best
  • Period

• Overpaying the banks for their toxic assets could contribute capital, but that may not be politically feasible or attractive.

  

  Edmund Phelps
  • May
  • Attractive
  • Toxic

• I'm not afraid of stereotypes. There are some truths to it - but the problem is that people keep sort of owning that one thing to be the truth.

  

  Mara Brock Akil
  • People
  • Truth
  • Problem

• According to the new ethics, virtue is not restrictive but expansive, a sentiment and even an intoxication.

  

  Irving Babbitt
  • New
  • Virtue
  • Ethics

• I think women have always been trying to look healthy. The makeup artists just teach you the quick cheats.

  

  Natalie Dormer
  • Women
  • Trying
  • Makeup

• My idol is Bea Arthur. I really tried to follow her example. She is one of my comedy 'she-roes.'

  

  Valerie Azlynn
  • Comedy
  • Example
  • Follow

• I'm just trying to tell a nice story. Whether you're a writer or a producer, all you want to do is tell a good yarn.

  

  Irwin Winkler
  • Good
  • Trying
  • Nice

• Sino-Japanese relations will certainly brighten more in the future and the flowers of friendly Sino-Japanese relations will increase their beauty.

  

  Wen Jiabao
  • Future
  • Japanese

• My aim is: to teach you to pass from a piece of disguised nonsense to something that is patent nonsense.

  

  Ludwig Wittgenstein

• For the purposes of poetry a convincing impossibility is preferable to an unconvincing possibility.

  

  Aristotle
  • Poetry
  • Purposes
  • Convincing

• I just am so tired of really badly written women. It's so boring.

  

  Chris O'Dowd
  • Women
  • Tired

• When we have spiritual reading at meals, when we have the rosary at night, when we have study groups, forums, when we go out to distribute literature at meetings, or sell it on the street corners, Christ is there with us.

  

  Dorothy Day
  • Night
  • Reading
  • Spiritual

• When you talk about a character on a situation comedy, it's not just the actor. It's the writers, too.

  

  Franklin Cover
  • Character
  • Comedy

• That's what fascinates me about these writers' retreats: You're in these small spaces with small groups of people, and all of the sudden, the spotlight is shining on you harder than it normally is.

  

  Lynn Coady
  • People
  • Small

• People have different styles: Some are filers and some are pilers. The people who pile things often know exactly where things are, and they're often just as organized as the people who file things.

  

  Daniel Levitin
  • People
  • Different

• Once you get into the habit of work, you can be more productive in the things you want to do.

  

  Adrian Grenier
  • Work
  • Habit

• Universities are meant to pass the torch of civilization.

  

  Hal Abelson

• What people forget is that the most radical thing about Obama is that he was the first black man in history to imagine that he could become president, who was able to make other Americans believe it as well. Other than that, he is a centrist, just like I try to be. He's been bridging divisions his whole life.

  

  Henry Louis Gates
  • People
  • Believe
  • Men

• I have always loved fantasy; I think probably stepping through the wardrobe with Lucy in C.S. Lewis's 'Narnia Chronicles' was my first exposure when I was really little.

  

  Jacqueline Carey