Philippa Gregory Quotes
Although some people think I am a romantic novelist I have always thought of myself as a rather gritty radical historian.
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Pat Riley, Dave Checketts and Ernie Grunfeld - they brought the Knicks back to the glory days. It started with Rick Pitino. We took our first step with him, making the playoffs. When Pat came in we just kicked the door open.
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Technology is vital. We have to have development in new technology if we're going to solve these environmental problems without throwing humanity back in poverty.
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Me and my dad are kind of distant since my mom and him separated.
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I did try fillers once. Don't ever have fillers because when your cheekbones are high, it's chipmunk time.
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It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
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I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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It was a woman who drove me to drink, and I never had the courtesy to thank her for it.
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I grew up watching Salman Khan and Arnold Schwarzenegger, who have always juggled fitness with acting. In real life, I'm a fitness freak. Besides, it is nice to look at an actor who is fit, and if you become a role model, that's a perk.
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Romania is still very much underutilizing its natural and human potential.
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I never sold any of my pieces. I had all the money I wanted. Then I would have lost my sculptures and just had more money.
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'Bloo' is a compilation of a few songs I've written over the past year, inspired by the necessity of finding happiness in the people I choose to surround myself with.
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If you never give up, you'll be successful.
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A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.
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Men's competitive team sports focus on the balance between individual achievement and team achievement with the emphasis on team achievement.
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I've always been somewhere down from the top, so I've never had to suffer being knocked off the top.
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Bahrain lies at the epicenter of Gulf security and any violent upheaval in Bahrain would have enormous geopolitical consequences. Global economic stability depends on the uninterrupted export of crude oil from the Gulf to markets around the world - a job that historically has been assigned to the U.S. Fifth Fleet.
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If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.
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The missing toothbrush was nothing compared with the fact that the spacecraft was orientated to ascend, not descend. I would have gone up and up instead of going back down to the ground.
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In some communities, I show up, and they say, 'Well, we haven't seen our Democrat congressman in 10 years.'
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We passionately long that there may be another life in which we shall be similar to what we are here below. But we do not pause to reflect that, even without waiting for that other life, in this life, after a few years we are unfaithful to what we have been, to what we wished to remain immortally.
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I'm a serious-minded and intense little devil, terribly gauche and so tense I don't see how people stay in the same room with me. I know I wouldn't tolerate myself.
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Although some people think I am a romantic novelist I have always thought of myself as a rather gritty radical historian.
