Maynard Jackson Quotes
Behind closed doors they had what were legendary battles I hear but when the doors opened there was absolute unity. Not a crack could be found. No separation whatsoever. They were locked together for the good of the community.
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
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I read part of it all the way through.
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A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader.
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You can only learn by opening yourself up to engage with different sources of information. How can you learn something if you never see it, read it, or hear it?
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All my books are optimistic!
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I detest flying anywhere. Left to my own devices, I'd never leave my keyboard.
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I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and also have a family... they are nearly always seen as victims.
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Film is my hobby, so I will work well through the night to develop films, whatever film I'm doing or dream projects I have.
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There's a great freedom in writing by yourself. You can write anything you want.
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I find Shakespeare terrifying. When Simon Russell Beale does a speech, I understand every word of it, but if I did the same speech, people would be going, 'Huh? What?'
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I like the challenge of creating a world with only sentences.
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Born Berlin 1931, Germany, father a British diplomat, mother an American artist. Educated at various schools all over the world. 1958 Settled down to live in London. 1966 Became interested in photography through photographing my young children. No formal training.
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It's my job, too, to keep up with pop culture and what the kids are into 'cause you don't want to sound like an old man trying to write for kids. I spend a lot of my time spying on them.
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I couldn't live a week without a private library - indeed, I'd part with all my furniture and squat and sleep on the floor before I'd let go of the 1500 or so books I possess.
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I think that the poorest of the poor... look up to wealthy and successful Indians with some degree of respect and pride.
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Of course, a law that is selectively used is in one aspect even worse than a law that is generally used because it puts a lot of power in individuals' hands and makes government a rule, not of laws, but of people.
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I have to find work wherever it might be hiding.
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My hobbies are painting, crafts, and I like golfing.
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I'm going to Yoshi's. I'm taking a few gigs. I'm playing. I'm not going to play all the time. I'm going to take it easy and take it slow and warm up so I can come back.
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I'm interested in the gene bank of how Americans have built in different regions in different times.
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Because everyone is someone's child, every woman seems like someone's mother.
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One of the side-effects of having your work appear in a public forum such as this is that people often email me asking for advice on how to break into writing, presumably figuring that if a drooling gum-brain like me can scrape a living witlessly pawing at a keyboard, there's hope for anyone.
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It will make you feel good, and it will make you feel whole, when the spirit moves you and it fills you through and through.
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Behind closed doors they had what were legendary battles I hear but when the doors opened there was absolute unity. Not a crack could be found. No separation whatsoever. They were locked together for the good of the community.
