Paulo Coelho Quotes

If I had to give you one piece of advice, it would be this: don’t be intimidated by other people’s opinions.

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• I wrote seven Myron Bolitar novels in a row, and I never want to write a Myron book where he just solves a crime. Every one of them I want to be personal, and I want him to grow and change. The problem with that is, it makes the series limited, you can't write a series where a guy is always going through some kind of crisis.

  

  Harlan Coben
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• Both World War II and the subsequent Cold War gave America's involvement in world affairs a clear focus. The objectives of foreign policy were relatively easy to define, and they could be imbued with high moral content.

  

  Zbigniew Brzezinski
  • World
  • War
  • America

• Things are simple, it is us human beings that make it difficult.

  

  Caprice Bourret
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  • Human
  • Difficult

• I love Tig Notaro; I just think she's so awesome.

  

  Kate Flannery
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• The colonel replied that he didn't care how my men had got the job done. He was happy that it had been accomplished. He said that, obviously, no matter how much or how little I knew technically, I was able to get the best out of people I worked with.

  

  Jackie Robinson
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• I get really upset seeing my friends who are mums crying because they feel like they're not good enough. Clever, confident, kind young women all going, 'I'm ruining my child's life.'

  

  Daisy Donovan
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• We're living at a time where if you do a Google search for a 'show, review and network,' you'll get 'The New York Times' and Pete Billingsley from a town you've never heard of on the same results page. It's kind of democratizing the process so that everyone has access to a distribution system to express themselves.

  

  J. J. Abrams
  • Time
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• I love work where I can find out more about the world and its history.

  

  Barbara Sukowa
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  • Work
  • History

• I'm from Port Arthur, Texas! Little guy! Little character guy from one of the saddest oil-refinery towns in America. And here I was driving over to Beverly Hills, to 20th Century Fox, to be on 'M*A*S*H!'

  

  G. W. Bailey
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• I and life: The case was settled chivalrously. The opponents parted without having made up.

  

  Karl Kraus
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• I think there was a time when I considered myself a work addict, but that's no longer accurate. My life has changed so dramatically over the last number of years, especially having a family now. My priorities have shifted.

  

  Edie Falco
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• Sometimes, it's just unfortunate you get injured in the game. But you can definitely take strides to prevent those things.

  

  Calvin Johnson
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• Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an inhuman and hateful phenomenon.

  

  Oriana Fallaci
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• A lot of things come with fame, whether it's losing friends or losing family.

  

  Young Jeezy
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• I love sailing but hate cruise ships.

  

  Garrett Neff
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• You start thinking about a character in a new book, of course you're going to think pretty soon, 'Well, what's their secret? What is their problem?' Maybe, 'What is their secret?' is another way of saying, 'What is their problem?' There's got to be some issue, or you've got a totally boring book!

  

  Nancy Werlin
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• In metros, girls are very independent, conscious and aware. But in the interiors of our country, where education is not given importance, they continue to be oppressed. But it is important for every woman to acknowledge what she wants from herself rather than going for what people expect from her.

  

  Kangana Ranaut
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  • Country

• Some artists are working to buy the mansion or whatever the element of fame must bear, but I spend all my money on my show.

  

  Lady Gaga
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  • Bear

• Spiritual Intelligence represents our drive for meaning and connection with the infinite.

  

  Stephen Covey
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  • Connections
  • Infinite

• We need more foreign reach; no question about that. And we're working on getting that. We need more people abroad; we need some more bureaus. That is really an important job.

  

  Brit Hume
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• Play the open variation of the Ruy is my advice to all ordinary club players, and I recently even wrote a book about it, seen from Black's point of view. Why does everybody try to copy the grandmasters' strange positional maneuvers in the 5. ... B-K2 variation, instead of fighting for the in intiative?

  

  Bent Larsen
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• I always wanted to have many friends, unfortunately, friends are formed with years, and not everybody know how to respond as a friend.3

  

  Luis Miguel
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  • Friend

• Before deciding to retire, stay home for a week and watch the daytime TV shows.

  

  Bill Copeland
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• If I had to give you one piece of advice, it would be this: don’t be intimidated by other people’s opinions.

  

  Paulo Coelho
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