Joanna Scott Quotes
Jim Longenbach, poet, critic, and my husband, is always passing along life-changing books for me to read.
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Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it.
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I've traveled all the way around the world; I've been to over 95 countries, so I love ethnic food, different types of cuisine.
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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You need to have camaraderie in the clubhouse. Wherever you're working, be it a baseball team or at a business, you want to walk in there and say, 'Geez, it's great to be at work. Let's go get 'em,' as opposed to walking in there knowing there's going to be a commotion.
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When I was 15 years old, I read an article about Ivan Boesky, the well-known takeover trader - turned out years later it was all on inside information! But before that came to light, he was very successful, very flamboyant. And I thought, 'This is what I want to do.' So I'm 15 years old, I decide I'm going to Wall Street.
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The leader of the market today may not necessarily be the leader tomorrow.
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It works both ways: there are victims of tragedy who come to me who have experienced grief of such magnitude that they cannot reconcile. Likewise, I cannot change the mentality of those who committed the crimes or the fools who followed them.
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It makes you vulnerable to win an award. It's nice to get the attention, but your neck is stuck out.
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A zeal for the defence of their country led these heroes to the scene of action, though with a few men to attack a powerful army of experienced warriors.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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If I don't create, I don't exist.
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Wars begin in the minds of men, and in those minds, love and compassion would have built the defenses of peace.
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Your belief system tends to be a function of how you were raised. Being raised in the Midwest and in a relatively conservative household, my views were shaped by my upbringing, by my Christian faith.
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If people have bought something of mine, they know by now that I will decline writing it for the movies.
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I'll never be immune to criticism, and that's okay, and I'm very comfortable with that.
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I believe with all my heart that the American classroom teachers are one of our greatest and most heroic treasures.
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
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I want to take a close look at the SBA to see what works, what doesn't, what is duplicative, and what isn't even being utilized. We'll focus on what they do well and strengthen those areas.
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I have had that same experience where there are several people who have come up in my life at the right time and have made critical contributions to how I see the world and how I see myself.
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Men will deal rude blows to that which is the cause of their life:-They will thrash the grain.
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I have so often been asked the question: "But how did you come to think of The Scarlet Pimpernel?" And my answer has always been: "It was God's will that I should." And to you moderns, who perhaps do not believe as I do, I will say, "In the chain of my life, there were so many links, all of which tended towards bringing me to the fulfillment of my destiny."
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Men are kids at heart. They want to be nourished and pet like a dog.
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I think I know a lot about campaigns.
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Jim Longenbach, poet, critic, and my husband, is always passing along life-changing books for me to read.
