Jean M. Auel Quotes
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I think the most successful are the most paranoid. The first thing people do when they buy a mansion is they build the biggest wall you could possibly build around it. What happens is, now you become a target. If I go into the hood, I'm at a disadvantage. They could carry guns. I can't. They can hit me in the face. I can't.
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Even these stars, which seem so numerous, are as sand, as dust - or less than dust - in the enormity of the space in which there is nothing.
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Hope is one of those no-win-no-fee things, and although it needs some encouragement to survive, its existence doesn't necessarily prove anything.
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Unlike straight men, who have the luxury of being slobs because women usually expect them to be, gay men - whether preppies, fashion victims, or jocks - are thought to be more obsessed with how they look because they dress for themselves and, consequently, for each other.
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Mike Campbell and Don Henley and I wrote 'The Heart of the Matter,' which was a huge hit for Don.
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Too late for fruit, too soon for flowers.
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When I graduated from Parsons School of Design, the dean at that time said I would never be a designer. Obviously I didn't listen.
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I do believe that the states have the right to make the definition of marriage, and each state can define it as they so choose through their elected representatives.
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This has been a trend for a long time; the days of lifetime employment are long since over.
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No king should rule absolutely, like a dictator.
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I have no child to inherit my properties. You, the people, are my only family, and to make you happy is the reason I do politics.
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I do tend to play characters that have a lot of costume and hair change. I sort of like the change of physicality thing.
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I'd rather be involved and somebody say, 'Hey, coach, here's what I need you to do. Go down to the D-League and work with guys'... I want the D-League coach to learn how to be a head coach.
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Most safely shall you tread the middle path.
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I think sometimes we're meant to do something but things aren't lined up correctly.
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There's so much more to life than that, though I think that acting is fascinating because you can forget your own sorrow as you act and become somebody else.
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First, anyone who seriously intends to become a philosopher must 'once in his life' withdraw into himself and attempt, within himself, to overthrow and build anew all the sciences that, up to then, he has been accepting.
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[End of diatribe. We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming...]
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The ultimate test of a man's conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard.
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I like sporks. They're like spoons, but you can poke people with them.
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Words impress me. If a man can speak eloquently and beautifully to me, I just melt on the floor.
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Be like the sun for grace and mercy. Be like the night to cover others' faults. Be like running water for generosity. Be like death for rage and anger. Be like the Earth for modesty. Appear as you are. Be as you appear.
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The best vision is insight.
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The idea led me into the research, which continues to give me more ideas for the story.
