Phyllis Smith Quotes
Generally, I'm not sad. I mean, everyone has sad moments.
Phyllis Smith
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At one level, an award is an endorsement, a confirmation, but I always find myself looking askance at awards and good reviews, as though another Garry Disher had earned them.
Garry Disher
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I think mobility is very important, not only to discover opportunities elsewhere but at times, also to appreciate better what your home town has. Allahabad, for instance, has the feel of a small, tightly-knit community where everyone participates.
Vikas Swarup
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I'm excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to me.
Octavia Spencer
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I have felt that connection and stewardship for Earth for as long as I can remember. And not just for Earth, but the whole universe.
Kalpana Chawla
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I try to write about a woman finding her self-respect, valuing herself, and liking herself again. But what one desperately wants now is to write a proper novel.
Kate O'Mara
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Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
W. Somerset Maugham
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If you have been vaccinated for polio, mumps, measles, chicken pox, hepatitis, or rabies, it may be too late for you to stand your ethical ground: You have already benefited from fetal-tissue research. This is, after all, a practice that's been legal since the 1930s.
Katha Pollitt
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Identify your niche and dominate it. And when I say dominate, I just mean work harder than anyone else could possibly work at it.
Nate Parker
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A president who aspires to be recognized as a global leader should not personally stake out a foreign-policy goal, commit himself eloquently to its attainment, and then yield the ground when confronted by firm opposition.
Zbigniew Brzezinski
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You never want to have that ticking clock and know that you had all this time and didn't use it.
J. J. Abrams
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I'm not a one-issue person.
Barbara Bush
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I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.
Viggo Mortensen
