Johanna Lindsey Quotes
If you can't laugh at your own characters, or shed a tear for them, or even get angry at one of them, no one else will either.
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I'm a compulsive reader of fiction. I fell in love with novels when I was a teenager. My wife Marilyn and I... our initial friendship began because we are both readers. I've gone to sleep almost every night of my life after having read in a novel for 30 or 40 minutes. I'm a great reader of fiction and much less so of non-fiction.
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People now realize that globalization is not only for the multi-nationals and the circulation of money.
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There comes a time when money doesn't matter.
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Young people do not watch television; they are on the Internet.
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A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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It's super trippy coming to America because we know everything about it - from music and film. I know what a Southern accent sounds like; I know what a New York accent sounds like.
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If you say the word amnesty - the 'A-word,' so to speak - it's DOA. If there's even a hint of amnesty in my district, it's dead on arrival.
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I think that Pebble Beach is my favorite golf course to go to. I think Augusta is my favorite place to go play golf.
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Years ago women of my size were considered royalty.
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The cardinal responsibility of leadership is to identify the dominant contradiction at each point of the historical process and to work out a central line to resolve it.
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When Matt LeBlanc had his show 'Joey', I strongly suggested to the producers that they should bring me on.
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When I first started, especially because I got the Critics' Choice before I'd released an album, there was a lot of scrutiny on what my character was, what my background was, what colour my hair was. I fought quite hard for the music to overtake the personality aspect.
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Once you're done being president, you tend to want to defend your record more than plumb your inner feelings. I find it hard to imagine Obama going home at night and writing sensitive, introspective journal entries about his meeting with John Boehner.
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Loosen up, and everybody around you will loosen up.
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Feminism is universal. You can't just fight for one type of freedom or one type of female power. You know what? Muslim women want to cover up, and we have to fight for our right to do that, too.
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As a professional track cyclist, I have always challenged myself, and I enjoy seeing how I cope when faced with the unknown.
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The happiest days of my youth were when my brother and I would run through the woods and feel quite safe.
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You know what 'DOUBT' stands for? It stands for 'Debate On Understanding Bewildersome Thoughts.'
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I used to rap as a kid and people were impressed by it, so it gave me the drive to keep going. Everybody has at least one talent. I guess this is my talent.
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I want to write novels, and I want to write and direct theater.
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Racism has always existed, and a big part of it is people just not knowing others. I think humans change other human's minds, and it's hard for someone in the middle of America to hate Syrian refugees if they've been able to befriend them.
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I was living out a parallel situation in my own life, ... feeding frenzy.
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I am a fox", the fox said.
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If you can't laugh at your own characters, or shed a tear for them, or even get angry at one of them, no one else will either.
