Phyllis A. Whitney Quotes
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I hate horror movies! I avoid them like the plague. I don't like getting scared.
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In reality, it si more fruitful to wound than to kill. While the dead man lies still, counting only one man less, the wounded man is a progressive drain upon his side.
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In real life, I'm gorgeous, beautiful.
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So many paintings have hidden meanings or need wall texts, but my work is not in that category.
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I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.
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The more you are getting older, you lose a little something. Of course there is another advantage, because of your long experience you can use it.
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Your mind is what makes everything else work.
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People think I'm just an old Luddite, but that's untrue. I buy every new gizmo as it comes out, play with it until I understand how it works, and then give it away.
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I like certain subgenres within science fiction and fantasy, and one of those is urban fantasy, and another is steampunk.
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I never believed I was the best fighter in the world.
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Coming from the Midwest, I didn't know about stand-up as an art. I just thought stand-up comedians were old men in suits talking about their wives.
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But the one thing that I did do was establish myself as a good actor.
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Under the all-encompassing aid system, too many places in Africa continue to flounder under inept, corrupt and despotic regimes who spend their time courting and catering to the demands of the army of aid organizations.
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Girls shouldn't drink because their bodies are not made for drinking and smoking.
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The 'ideal' body is everywhere you look, and we are made to feel like failures by advertisers and corporations who shame us into buying their products.
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Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' children.
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There's good and bad in everybody. I wasn't looking for the good, or looking for the bad. This is a man who signed his pact with the devil 20 years ago, and he's learned to live with it. He's tried to protect his family from it.
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I do not know You, God, because I am in the way. Please help me to push myself aside.
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One of the ultimate challenges for biology is to understand the brain's processing of unconscious and conscious perception, emotion, and empathy.
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An agenda is not a bad thing.
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I should be concentrating on writing pages.
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Our enemy is Al Qaeda and its allies, people who have publicly said they wish to attack the United States again, people who have publicly called on nuclear physicists and engineers to help them gain access to nuclear weapons, which, as the whole world knows, Pakistan has.
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I like garage band for writing because you only have crayons and there are only five crayons in the box. Your choices are limited and I find that to be very good for me.
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I wish I could think of a suitable name for the kind of writing I do.
