Peter De Vries Quotes
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I've stopped reading about my books on the Internet because it's too hurtful.
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My mother told me I should be a secretary, but I wanted to be an actress from when I was very young.
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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
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Networking is never easier than when people are coming to you.
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Attraction doesn't stop when a child is born. It's the opposite. Being a mum and dad makes you even sexier.
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I did ask Matt Damon for his autograph - and I got a picture, too!
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Every decision to use military force is an excruciatingly difficult one.
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It's so worth-while being a judge, because, if I make good, I can help prove that a woman's place is as much on the bench, in City Council, or in Congress, as in the home.
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I have my own people that make my clothes because it's hard for me to find stuff that fits.
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I'm a child of the Women's Movement. I always believed that I could do anything. That women didn't have to be limited in any way.
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One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it.
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I know some people are really comfortable with talking about their feelings and hopes and fears in public, but I'm not, and I don't think it's that extraordinary.
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Coming up with ideas is really hard - they don't spontaneously pop into my head while I'm cutting vegetables.
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I don't like people waiting on me. I feel it is an unnecessary expense.
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Definition, rationality, and structure are ways of seeing, but they become prisons when they blank out other ways of seeing.
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We shouldn't judge people through the prism of our own stereotypes.
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I think the reaction to a World War II situation would be the same today as it was in 1942. Initially, people would question, but once patriotism got stirred up, the whole thing would gather momentum and we'd all pull together.
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I've never experienced chronic pain myself, but I have known many people over the years who have.
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Ruby inherited the Perl philosophy of having more than one way to do the same thing. I inherited that philosophy from Larry Wall, who is my hero actually. I want to make Ruby users free. I want to give them the freedom to choose.
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The Katrina matter was terrible.
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Strive for extraordinary, don't moan, and sleep when you're dead.
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Satvajaya can decondition the mind so we can see things fresh, like with the eyes of a child. Satvajaya techniques rid us of negative emotions, thought patterns, and prejudices that may weigh us down like undigested food.
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The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums.
