Jan Karon Quotes
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A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.
Samuel Butler -
I think there's something very dark in the South African psyche. I think we live a lot of the time in a state of a very low-grade civil war; the levels of violence in South Africa are extremely high. In a way, the civil war that never happened is being played out in a covert way, so we live with a lot of very ugly things.
Damon Galgut -
I'm not really a fan of Valentine's Day. I think it can be romantic doing nothing on Valentine's Day. It's more romantic than being given a big bunch of flowers that everyone else is doing.
Gabriella Wilde -
Don't manage - lead change before you have to.
Jack Welch -
Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
Wayne Rogers -
I was a bit odd. I read books and wanted to draw and go to art school.
Mal Peet
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German writers in the late 18th century were the first to uphold a prickly, literary nationalism, in reaction to the then dominance and prestige of French literature.
Pankaj Mishra -
I'm really into Greek yogurt, fruit and almonds. Those are my 'go-to' snacks.
Taylor Schilling -
Scientists at MIT and engineering schools all across America say that they could improve the fuel economy standards for the existing set of vehicles by 10 miles per gallon using existing technology, without compromising safety or comfort at all.
Ed Markey -
'Where is your million-dollar shirt?' I'm like, 'It's underneath these $25 Hanes T-shirts I've got on.'
J. R. Smith -
Dance should mean something to you.
Damian Woetzel -
Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
Samuel Butler
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I have a different relationship with Chucky because he's been on top of my bookshelf in the corner of my living room for my entire life. He was a great tool for scaring friends, and when I see him in different theme parks I've been to, or in commercials, my heart swells a little bit, and I'm like, 'Aww! It's my Chucky!'
Fiona Dourif -
In an ideal world, I'd spend every weekend at my home in Zermatt in Switzerland.
Vanessa Mae -
I love working with women.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
When I was a kid, there was always food to be had on the street in Jerusalem, but anything above a falafel stand was mediocre or worse.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
I love performing in front of an audience. I like the questions; I like controversy.
T. C. Boyle -
Bitcoin's got its issues. But it is not competing with perfection.
Dan Kaminsky
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It was determined, as shown in the report of the Commission, which I can read to you, but I know you are familiar with the report. It states there was disagreement on this issue, particularly as the subject was debated, that there were different opinions about it.
John Sherman Cooper -
When we repent, the Lord allows us to put the mistakes of the past behind us.
C. Scott Grow -
I always have coffee without sugar, you know. Just cream.
Vincente Minnelli -
Scenery is fine - but human nature is finer.
John Keats -
In the ill-judged execution of the well-judged plan of things the call seldom produces the comer, the man to love rarely coincides with the hour for loving. Nature does not often say 'See!' to her poor creature at a time when seeing can lead to happy doing; or reply 'Here!' to a body's cry of 'Where?' till the hide-and-seek has become an irksome outworn game.
Thomas Hardy -
Publishing is, by its nature, about deadlines, and deadlines are toxic.
Jan Karon