Paullina Simons Quotes
There is a very definite Russian heart in me; that never dies. I think you're born and you live your life with it and you die with it. I'm very much an American - my books tend to be about American things, but inside there's that sort of tortured, long-suffering, aching, constantly analysing Russian soul underneath the happy American exterior.
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Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
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I do not believe any president can bind a successor president to give up his fundamental role as protector of the country.
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I love Bob Altman. I always admired him so much because I always thought he was a genuine voice.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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Anyway, I tried liking Jimmy Corrigan but I couldn't.
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I work in a business of extremes, so when you are with someone who is very calm and logical, it's a great kind of balance to have.
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I love old movies. The '40s theatre pace is fantastic.
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No one's better than me. I'm not better than anyone. Whether it's Eric Clapton or BB King we look straight at each other. And that keeps it real.
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Playing further up the pitch, you have more opportunities to score and provide assists, and it's something I liked right from the start.
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This whole idea that we address environmental issues by not doing stuff just doesn't work.
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Laura Bush has the face of my mother when my mother was young. The face, the body, the voice. The first time I saw on TV Laura Bush, I got frozen because it was as if my mother was not dead. 'Oh, Mama,' I said, 'Mama.'
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US presidents can make all the commitments and declarations they want until they are blue in the face, in the Muslim world they will always be perceived as partisan.
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For the first five years of my life, things felt pretty good. A lot went wrong after that, family-wise.
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Jerusalem is united, will never be divided again.
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It's harder, but we're still finding oil in Oklahoma today. The bar has been raised on startup companies, but it can still be done. Every regulation and every rule limits you, but, yes, it can still be done. That's the beauty of living in a free country and having the freedom to have an idea and become an entrepreneur.
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It is more profitable for your congressman to support the tobacco industry than your life.
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I was young and so eager to make some money as well as get exposed and show my talent.
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I'm not radical.
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Zest is the secret of all beauty. There is no beauty that is attractive without zest.
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Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
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The Yahoo story is still being written.
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Love makes money-grabbing seem contemptible; love makes class prejudice impossible; love makes selfish ambition a thing to be despised; love converts enemies into friends.
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The most important influence in my childhood was my father.
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There is a very definite Russian heart in me; that never dies. I think you're born and you live your life with it and you die with it. I'm very much an American - my books tend to be about American things, but inside there's that sort of tortured, long-suffering, aching, constantly analysing Russian soul underneath the happy American exterior.
