Joan Didion Quotes
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Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.
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An alliance of civilisations can be our most powerful weapon in the fight against terror.
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Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
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My neighbors think I do nothing because I don't go to a job, which is fine and good.
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If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
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From inside where I live, I feel like I just perceive events in a certain rational way. I often find it sad or poignant, and it may not make me laugh a bit. But I don't mind inventing a portrait that allows others to laugh if that's what they want to do.
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I want to go create my own independent content and entertainment, in new models and in new ways, and essentially show studios and networks that people are good.
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Redheads were particularly persecuted during the European witch trials of the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The colour was associated with the devil, and the pale skin which most redheads have was thought unnatural and deathly.
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Opera was the cinema of its time, so to bring back that popular appeal, you just need to unleash its visceral immediacy and excitement. Most productions don't manage that - but when an opera does do it, you never forget it.
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What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.
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They all hope I will go broke and I wouldn't like to cause them displeasure.
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My parents are overweight, and I think the biggest problem we have in America is a lack of education. The place to start is with parents and teaching them to cook healthier.
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God is the King. In him exists all legal authority.
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I'm fascinated by sports, the buzz of winning, and the buzz of losing.
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You can have whatever you want if you believe in yourself and keep your feet firmly planted in the ground.
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I feel like there should be a statute of limitations on scoring political points on the tragedy that was Hurricane Katrina.
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There are still 500,000 persons afflicted with leprosy in Latin America, so it is still very much present.
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I'm originally from San Francisco. I might move there some day. But, I like L.A., I have fun in L.A. It's a fun town if you've got money in your pocket. It's a good town.
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I could have been more famous if I did all the glitzy things, but celebrity always seemed so unnecessary.
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Whoever knows it also knows that in love there is no More and no Less; but that he who loves can only love with the whole heart, and with the whole soul; with all his strength and with all his will.
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I feel like a lot of people would quite easily stab you in the back once they get what they want. And you see that in people.
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Investing in Chicago property is just Wanda's first move into the U.S. real estate market.
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Then there's the joy of getting your desk clean, and knowing that all your letters are answered, and you can see the wood on it again.
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I never think people are too careful with me.
