Jill McCorkle Quotes
Building a dollhouse is a lot like writing a novel because you are God of the Universe.
Quotes to Explore
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I love people with strong convictions, because we are living in a very PC world. You can't crack a joke without it being in the headlines.
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The worst thing for an effective war on terror is the suspicion of states about the objectives.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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I dyed my hair pink when I was fifteen.
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I still find it hard to believe that the whole era of jazz is over.
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Frankly speaking, it's only the script that matters to me the most. If I like the script, then I just commit to myself and go ahead with it. But I also look at the commitment and confidence of the director of the film because it's him who will shape the film.
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Few things are more important to our country's future than recruiting and keeping great teachers in our schools.
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Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
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Everyone needs help when they try something new.
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But the one thing that I did do was establish myself as a good actor.
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I'm just so grateful for the 10 years that I had in Sri Lanka when it was in the middle of a war and I was getting shot at, because now and again I remember glimpses of those times, and I just go, 'Wow, I'll never, ever see that again in my life. And I'm never gonna feel that, and I'm never gonna feel for a human being like that.'
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I am anything but a misogynist - I am quite far to the other side of that.
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The Arab Awakening or Arab Spring has transformed the geopolitical landscape.
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You don't have to live in a garage to write great poetry.
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Find the appropriate balance of competing claims by various groups of stakeholders. All claims deserve consideration but some claims are more important than others.
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I'm very pro-American - my entire family escaped poverty in Italy because they rightly believed in the American dream.
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India remains one of the few nations which still focuses entirely on an archaic de-addiction model, administered by the ministry of social justice and empowerment, to address drinking problems, adhering to a centuries-old idea of these problems being a moral disorder rather than a health condition.
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I didn't know that I could do a talk show. I didn't know that we could bring variety to daytime. I didn't know that people wanted to see singing, and dancing and comedy in the morning.
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Our laws guarantee all students the right to a K-12 education, regardless of their immigration status.
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My wife and I work out together almost every day. It's just a great way to spend time together. We're going to run a marathon together later this year, and that's one more goal that we'll accomplish as husband and wife.
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Don't write slogans, write truths.
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New diseases like SARS and bird flu cause anxiety in the community. People get worried, some to the extent that it even affects their health. You feel very sad, and yet you must carry on and maintain your cool in very trying and difficult moments. You have to tough it out.
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The whole meaning of prayer is that we may know God.
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Building a dollhouse is a lot like writing a novel because you are God of the Universe.
