John Grogan Quotes
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I was born in Dallas, Texas, but I was raised in south Florida. 'Ice Ice Baby' is about that area.
Vanilla Ice
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At one point, I had a story accepted at the 'New Yorker,' which sent off weird bells in people when I told them - 'Oh,' they thought, 'now you are a writer' - where I really had been for the last 30-odd years.
Karen Bender
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I have fun going on Twitter and the Internet. I feel safe and comfortable, and I wish everyone could feel that way.
Mallory Ortberg
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Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
Mallory Ortberg
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Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
Sallust
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They were saying computers deal with numbers. This was absolutely nonsense. Computers deal with arbitrary information of any kind.
Ted Nelson
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I have written a lot about the fine arts, but I'd never written about the literary arts, and so on some level Dante really, you know, spoke to me, as new ground but also familiar ground.
Dan Brown
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I believe that stories find writers, writers don't find stories. With the 'Pendragon' series, I actually had multiple story ideas and decided that instead of writing them individually, I would create a character whose journey would thread them all together.
D. J. MacHale
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We just here to do our job.
Quavo
Migos
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
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I'm really into Greek yogurt, fruit and almonds. Those are my 'go-to' snacks.
Taylor Schilling
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Not everyone can be successful selling fashion at $25,000 for a wedding outfit. Certain designers are able to do that. And there is only a certain amount of consumers who can do that. The real opportunity is in that $25 garment.
Imran Amed
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Look at the Afghans, during the time of the Soviet invasion. They were among the poorest Muslims in the world, yet they were sustained by their faith in God, and God alone.
Abu Bakar Bashir
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'Ender's Game' has fabulous opportunities for spectacle, where appropriate, but there's also a tremendous central character. It's a balance.
Gavin Hood
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As long as the number one worry for people, keeping them up at nights, is whether they're going to have a job in the morning, then they are less likely to resist unfair changes, or unfair treatment, or cuts in real pay at work.
Frances O'Grady
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Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.
Umberto Eco
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I focus on supporting high quality early childhood health care and education. By betting my resources on very young children, I know I'm making an investment that pays guaranteed dividends with a high rate of return.
J. B. Pritzker
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I wanted to weave a green thread through the Conservative party; that's my job, and I signed up imagining that I would be in a very small minority within my party, possibly even on my own, battling away on these issues.
Zac Goldsmith
