Jean Craighead George Quotes
I kept on writing and illustrating, for this is what I did well because I loved it.
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I never blamed Pinochet, or my torturers, or external circumstances.
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The fact that we live in a world where black people have to strategize so they're not brutalized by police is insane.
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I've been in this business for 40 years - you do a show, and you don't know what's going to come of it.
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I just like to stay a little quiet and just do my own thing. If I win a little more, I think I'll get a little bit more attention.
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Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.
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I made sacrifices willingly; it was what I did best.
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I got into politics because businessmen should be spending your money.
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I don't take pleasure in anyone's demise, really.
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When I got my Oprah money, the first thing I bought was a really nice electronic bidet toilet seat.
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Each song is a small universe to me. Each song has a story of its own. Each has a full life to express in order to be complete, so it often happens that the building to a big crescendo feels right in the recording or writing process.
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Folks like me have to feel a little indebted to the communities that they came from. And if they do, I think we'll start to see a little bit more of a geographic integration in the country because people will start to think, 'You know what? I owe that place something, and I should return to it in one form or another.'
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When I was releasing EPs by myself, I was generating royalties. And when I signed, I thought I'd put those royalties into other artists. And interestingly, streaming is most of the income for those artists.
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I'm concerned about my daughter because she will not believe in Santa Claus. No matter what I say to her, she just doesn't buy it, and she's 2. I refuse to give it up. I say, 'There is a Santa Claus,' and she says, 'Okay, Mommy. In pretend world, right?' She really doesn't believe.
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People come over, and we watch things like 'The Paul Lynde Halloween Special.' I have a hot tub. Everybody puts on a bathing suit and we splash around.
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I am not interested in producing fiction for Indian television at all, the reason being that I don't understand the medium. I can be a judge or a host; I can do that as an individual. But to produce TV content, you have to know the game.
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One of the best parts of being a writer means that researching all kinds of cool stuff actually counts as work!
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The alliance in Jammu and Kashmir is one of the most important developments on the contemporary political scene.
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Many people dream about being an entrepreneur, starting their own business, working for themselves, and living the good life. Very few, however, will actually take the plunge and put everything they've got into being their own boss.
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It's nice to have more than one little one because then you'll have - while one is pushing you in a wheelchair, the other one can open the doors for you.
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A study by the Federal Trade Commission found that concerns about every vertical merger examined by the commission from 2006 to 2012 were resolved through 'conduct remedies' rather than divestitures, and that all these remedies had been successful at protecting competition.
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I love to smile.
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When I'm writing something, I try not to get analytical about it as I'm doing it, as I'm writing it.
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I kept on writing and illustrating, for this is what I did well because I loved it.
