Rainbow Rowell Quotes
I find love stories satisfying when you can see the work - when you can really watch people find each other and fall in love, a little bit at a time. I like slow burns. Falling in love is so good; why would you want to rush it?
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To be perfectly truthful, I was not a very brilliant student, even at chemistry school.
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I tend not to wear ties very often. I'm usually in old stuff: Hermes or Marc Jacobs boots and jeans and a T-shirt and a leather jacket or a jean jacket.
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I want to see more Asians on TV. I want to see more faces like mine on TV.
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I think America has a brilliant future.
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Feeling really safe as an actor is not a great thing because you're not learning or growing.
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I like someone with a really good and dark sense of humour.
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Somebody gets to be smart and somebody gets to be dumb. If we win, it'll be because of the president. And if we lose, it'll be because of me.
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Every guy should be the owner of a really nice pen. When you put your thoughts down, or whenever you're going to share something with someone, it means something if it bleeds out in a nice ink.
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'The HoneyLine' is my web site and TV segments that were birthed out of the stark reality that we all need a few people to help navigate this life.
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Nothing can make you more humble than pain.
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Few things parallel the bonding that occurs post-performance when congratulatory remarks are awarded, regrets are confessed, and gossip is exchanged.
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I had seen some films made about the underground music world in Tehran, and most of them were short documentaries about 30 or 40 minutes long. And I always wondered why they weren't publicized more. Really, their only flaw was they were short documentaries.
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Some people think that if their opponent plays a beautiful game, it's okay to lose. I don't. You have to be merciless.
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It's about discipline. It's about following instructions. It's about the execution of the plan. That's what sport is.
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The UK has a poor investment record. According to IMF data, we have come seventh out of the top seven industrialised countries since 1999.
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To play four hands requires two people who have great affinity for each other.
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Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
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My impression of Americans from the beginning is of the best, and I have never since had cause to alter my mind. They are a kind, sympathetic race of people and naturally proud of their country.
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As you get older, your idiosyncrasies become sort of exaggerated. So you are who you have always been, only more so.
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When I'm not running, I cycle about 30 miles a day. I use the biking as cross training. I'm kind of a maniac. I race everybody.
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One of the great things about Churchill is that he had the guts to say the unpalatable, to level with the people, even if it cost him politically to tell them the truth.
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In my view, the holy is not based so much on the physical environment, but on the experience and perceptions of it.
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Customer service is just a day-in, day-out, ongoing, never-ending, unremitting, persevering, compassionate type of activity.
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I find love stories satisfying when you can see the work - when you can really watch people find each other and fall in love, a little bit at a time. I like slow burns. Falling in love is so good; why would you want to rush it?
