Pearl S. Buck Quotes
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Age is not different from earlier life as long as you're sitting down.
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When something happens far back in the past, people often can't recall exact details. Blame depends upon point of view. There may be a villain, but reality is frustrating because it's often ambiguous.
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I think I 'turn off' women. I've a kind of a weird personality. Women may think that I'm a mess.
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I said if I have a No. 1, I'll do a naked photo shoot! I'm not sure a lot of people would like to see that, but it was more to the fans, really. Every gig I do, they try to get me to take my clothes off, so it's a promise to them - if I get a No. 1, I'll happily do a naked shoot.
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I will say this: I think 'Big Brother' is the biggest snooze known to mankind.
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Every teenager and everybody around the ages from 10 to 18 has to go through finding out who they are.
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To do a really good interview, you have to be truly interested in the person.
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Nowhere in the Bible did anyone bring back anyone's past sins and throw them in their face.
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Most people are completely unaware of their breath. They violate your space, they have no idea that they have halitosis.
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When I wrote my eighth thriller, 'Inside Out,' in 2009, the villains were a group of CIA and other government officials who colluded to destroy a series of tapes depicting Americans torturing war-on-terror prisoners.
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If the people don't want to come out to the ballpark, nobody's going to stop them.
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The First Amendment applies to rogues and scoundrels. You don't lose your First Amendment rights because of a sleazy personality, or even for having committed a crime. Felons in jail are protected by the First Amendment.
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You cannot perform in a manner inconsistent with the way you see yourself.
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The room-service Caesar salads with soggy croutons, the distant relatives who show up at readings pitching weird, far-fetched investment schemes, the fans who have you sign a book to 'Cathy' and then tell you, 'No, it's Kathy with a K' - it gets challenging after a while. It tests your stamina.
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I first met Jimbo Wales, the face of Wikipedia, when he came to speak at Stanford.
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What you wish to others, God wishes to you.
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Too often, when Europeans talked of trans-Atlantic ties, we focused on the North Atlantic only.
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I would have to have some tragedy and romance in my life, but I've actually had a very cushioned, caring upbringing. I'm desperately seeking some edge. Maybe I'll find it one day.
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We are all born artists. If you have kids, you know what I mean. Almost everything kids do is art. They draw with crayons on the wall.
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Each of us has a unique part to play in the healing of the world.
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I have always believed that technology should do the hard work - discovery, organization, communication - so users can do what makes them happiest: living and loving, not messing with annoying computers! That means making our products work together seamlessly.
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AIDS is such a scary thing and it's also the kind of thing that you think won't happen to you. It can happen to you and it's deadly serious.
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Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment.
