Meg Rosoff Quotes
The average attention span of the modern human being is about half as long as whatever you're trying to tell them.
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I had about four days of like, 'Pity party, woe is me, it's all over.' Then I did some research and spoke with doctors and got in contact with people who have MS, and I soon realized it's actually a lot more manageable than the kind of public perception of it is, and that's part of the reason why I've been so outspoken about it.
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When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.
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It is the end. But of what? The end of France? No. The end of kings? Yes.
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I have some girls who I look back on and I think, 'Wow, they were really horrible to me.' I would love an apology from a few girls, but whatever. I'm not holding any grudges. I'm over it.
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Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government.
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I've been called Mr. Patient Money because I have the patience to work through challenging circumstances.
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I suffer the mortification of seeing myself attacked right and left by people at home professing patriotism and love of country who never heard the whistle of a hostile bullet. I pity them and the nation dependent on such for its existence. I am thankful, however that, though such people make a great noise, the masses are not like them.
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For me, I love California. I feel like it's my second home in that I moved out by choice at eighteen. It gave me opportunities that I didn't have anywhere else.
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Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young.
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I don't work out but generally I am fit, which is why I don't work out.
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Before Booker T. Washington, we have small business owners but we do not have a philosopher of black entrepreneurship, and that's what Washington was.
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Hillary Clinton almost got to be president. The reasons why she didn't become president had to do with bad judgments about how to handle the early caucus states, which is not a gender-specific trait.
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My dad was a designer for Upper Deck, and I had hundreds of Ken Griffey Jr. cards. Hundreds. I could have paid for college with them.
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Honestly, I find writing to be a very lonely job.
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I think Ali was a fan of mine, even though he never said it. A lot of fighters thought I was pretty good. Nobody every really spoke different on that. But a lot of fighters thought I was good so.
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I have some of the old videos of my performances on it.
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The fear of punishment, the desire of reward, the sense of duty, are all useful arguments, in their way, to persuade people to holiness. But they are all weak and powerless, until a person loves Christ.
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Britain's great strength is its innovative, design and engineering natural ability and we're not using it.
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Everyone makes pesto in a food processor. But the texture is better with a mortar and pestle, and it's just as fast.
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The fact is that ours is the only minority you can join involuntarily, without warning, at any time. And if you live long enough, as you're increasingly likely to do, you may well join it.
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Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
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The average attention span of the modern human being is about half as long as whatever you're trying to tell them.
