Maggie Kuhn Quotes
I enjoy my wrinkles and regard them as badges of distinction - I've worked hard for them!
Quotes to Explore
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A professor must have a theory as a dog must have fleas.
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I love 'The Guardian' series. Bianca St. Ives is one of my favorite heroines ever, and the combination of action, suspense, and romance makes her story pure fun to write.
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I eat a cheeseburger with French fries almost every day.
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Some of the best things about being a vegetarian include, of course, contributing towards the welfare of animals. Being a vegetarian can also make you a healthier person, and it helps the environment. All of these things make vegetarianism worthwhile. It's really a win-win situation.
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This flattery has been rather slow in coming. I think all of sudden late in life now I'm getting some credit for what I've done. Which is gratifying, but it's kind of a little late.
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Anti-religious sneers are a hallmark of perpetual adolescents.
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You're always close and you never get that big romantic lead.
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I didn't know what a stockbroker was when I was eight, but I would just tell everybody that's what I was going to be.
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We all know Illinois has big challenges. And under Gov. Rauner, things have only gotten worse.
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To capture sound is to isolate a moment, canonize it, enter it into the historical register.
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Experimental science is fascinating, but I don't want to do it. I want other people to do it, and I'll read about it.
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I am not antigovernment. I would not run a campaign against government.
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With age, you get to a place where you don't want to knock people out. You just want to give people a hug.
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I would never try to invalidate someone's opinion of something or the feelings something makes them feel.
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When you love something, it doesn't feel like work.
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Man, it seems to me, is not in history: he is history.
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We need to defend absolutely the freedom of speech.
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It was the 'Gaucho' album that finished us off. We had pursued an idea beyond the point where it was practical. That album took about two years, and we were working on it all of that time - all these endless tracking sessions involving different musicians. It took forever, and it was a very painful process.
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After 'Chandni Bar' there was a shutdown of such bars in Mumbai. After 'Page 3' people started avoiding such events. 'Traffic Signal' exposed the money flow through the mafia. I'm not apologetic about the brutal truth in my films. Almost 70% of my films are based on reality, and 30% I fictionalize or change to suit my film.
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I didn't want to settle or become complacent after winning a major, I wanted to stay hungry. It's easy to do. It's easy to win a big tournament and kind of get a little lazy, so it's been a good motivator for me to work a little harder.
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I enjoy almost everything. Yet I have some restless searcher in me. Why is there not a discovery in life? Something one can lay hands on and say “This is it”? My depression is a harassed feeling. I’m looking: but that’s not it — that’s not it. What is it? And shall I die before I find it?
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All you really have in the end are your stories.
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I enjoy my wrinkles and regard them as badges of distinction - I've worked hard for them!
