Jill Lepore Quotes
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I don't have a type. I don't have a specific kind of human being. It's just kind of an X-factor of sorts. Everybody I've ever dated has been a case-by-case situation.
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Let me clarify this very definitely. This is not an authoritarian organization.
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I don't want to name names, but the least I can say about rock and roll is that I'm suspicious.
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If at noon you sit down and there's just silence or blank tape, in an hour if you have a song, that didn't exist an hour ago. Now it exists and it might exist for a long time. There's something empowering about that.
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I'm the best in the world; thank you, Jesus, for that.
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If a person is treated like a patient, they are apt to act like one.
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I don't like the road. I love being on the track. I like being indoors and the fact I'm not battling past 200 other riders.
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I need about three seats lengthwise to sleep on a plane. It's not easy for me to curl up.
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The challenges are gonna go, and your children are gonna grow, so try to enjoy this moment, and try to look at what's good, and be grateful for what you have because you will see better days.
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If fruit juices or sugar solutions are left to stand in the open air, they show after a few days the processes which are covered by the name of fermentation phenomena.
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At the end of the day, I'm not some evil guy.
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But my kids, my brothers' kids - they think about trying to top what we did.
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Now the first step has to be taken, the step towards democracy. This step is full of risks, and requires trust on all sides. We don't know where it will lead. But if we just stand still, we will have no chance of escaping the violence.
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Each game we play, every game is a championship-game mindset.
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In a way, I have simplified my life by setting priorities.
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When people told me 'It's great to be here', they meant at the house, not with me.
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Continue to study and learn new skills.
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We do not need an Osami <sic> bin Laden leading us.
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I can't believe where life has taken me.
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The parody is the last refuge of the frustrated writer. Parodies are what you write when you are associate editor of the Harvard Lampoon. The greater the work of literature, the easier the parody. The step up from writing parodies is writing on the wall above the urinal.
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I love pencil skirts, but I'm always looking for a top. And then I'm afraid, by myself, to match, to try colors. When I wear a dress, I know the top matches the bottom. So I can't make a mistake.
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Film is forever.
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When I was told my team was lucky to win, I replied: "the more we practice, the luckier we get."
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I always just wanted to be a writer, not necessarily a particular kind of writer.
