Jane Hamilton Quotes
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I write in a small office at home.
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Try and understand what part you have to play in the world in which you live. There's more to life than you know and it's all happening out there. Discover what part you can play and then go for it.
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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I felt I had to solve everyone's problems.
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The three-thousand hitting thing was the first time I let individual pressure get to me. I was uptight about it. When I saw the hit going through, I had a sigh of relief more than anything.
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Women are able to fit public service into their lives. Once they find out they like it and can do it, there is plenty of room to grow.
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Having my own family has made me realise there's more to life than chasing the next job.
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Jesus made clear that the Kingdom of God is organic and not organizational. It grows like a seed and it works like leaven: secretly, invisibly, surprisingly, and irresistibly.
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Note to self: Never ride a motorcycle in stilettos and a miniskirt.
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What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.
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If you see a player out in public having dinner, chances are he's with his boring money manager or some boring rich guy he hopes to design a golf course for.
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The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
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I'd realize it's not worth our time to worry. You do your best, and God will put the right people in your path.
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When I went to Africa, I was reduced to floods of tears every day.
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I love the science-fiction genre because there's always so many endless possibilities! It's a limitless genre and can be fun playing around with otherworldly ideas.
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I could sell used battery acid and make it fly.
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Liberated from the error of pagan tradition through the benevolence and loving kindness of the good God with the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the operation of the Holy Spirit, I was reared from the very beginning by Christian parents. From them I learned even in babyhood the Holy Scriptures which led me to a knowledge of the truth.
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To get into Afghanistan, I bribed my way into a camel caravan of smugglers.
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It was England in the autumn; the sun was, by definition, something that only happened when it wasn't cloudy or raining.
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I definitely had a very religious upbringing. My father was just instilling good morals into us at a very young age, and it wasn't super-strict, but it was a loving, warm household.
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I can understand when people copy people of the past and make the future their own.
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I know a lot about words. I get paid to write stories, so I get to talk with people about the meaning behind words all day.
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I've always broken out in hives when I go into any organized religious situation.
