John Doar Quotes
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Being popular comes when you have everything. But to be liked, it means that you must be treating people with respect and you must be showing kindness toward them.
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The success of 'The Shadow of the Wind' made me very happy, but it did not change my perspective or the way I was.
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I went to a strict elementary school with nuns, and uniforms that I'm pretty sure were made out of sandpaper. It was an academic, sports-oriented place. I liked to read, and wanted to act, and didn't try out for volleyball. I was weird. The other girls would dip my hair in ink and stuff.
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If you deal with information, you need the Internet. If you deal with money, you need to deal with blockchains.
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Your former Fathers the Spaniards have now no further Authority over you.
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No one goes into the office for fun. You go, and even if you love it, you're there to work.
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When you do take the home pregnancy test, it doesn't quite seem real. But when you see the baby and the heartbeat on the ultrasound, it's so incredible.
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I think that there are empty ecological niches in the literary landscape crying to be filled and when a book more or less fills a niche it's seized on, even when it's a far from perfect fit.
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The United States was an innocent victim after September 11. It had never attacked or occupied Afghanistan. So therefore it had no choice but to go after the aggressors.
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I know I have to run 20 more minutes if I eat ice cream. Basically, I eat everything, but I just do more training.
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Monkeys are superior to men in this: when a monkey looks into a mirror, he sees a monkey.
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Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.
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I'm opening up my heart to the idea of dating. It's funny - my friends would always come to me for romantic advice. I know nothing, and things have changed since I was dating in high school! I'm really trying hard to spend this time working on myself.
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America rules the world - by force.
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I chose the Egyptian dream: the dream to make a TV show, and then be called an infidel by the end.
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I'm willing to do whatever I need to do to change.
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Giving the control over powerful AI to the highest bidder is unlikely to lead to the best world we can imagine.
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Here's the thing about Apple technology: once you own a piece, you want to use it.
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There are amateurs who have seen that one of Uranus' poles is brighter than the other, or who have seen cloud formations on the planet. For all we know, interesting things are happening there all the time.
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Not to disparage anything, but most vampire stories tend to be romance novels that are 'Twilight'-ish with metrosexual guys.
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Hit songs are mysterious and slippery beasts; few artists have a lock on them. This means that many people, like me, have become fans of songs rather than fans of artists.
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I think the phrase 'computer-literate' is an evil phrase. You don't have to be 'automobile-literate' to get along in this world. You don't have to be 'telephone-literate.' Why should you have to be 'computer-literate'?
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You're not going to win anything with bottles and bricks.
