Meghan Daum Quotes
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Success demands singleness of purpose.
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If we don't change direction soon, we'll end up where we're going.
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The mistake that straight people made was imposing the monogamous expectation on men. Men were never expected to be monogamous.
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I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
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One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it.
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Whatever is not commonly seen is condemned as alien.
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I don't envy young actors.
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I find that nothing but very close and intense application to subjects of a scientific nature now seems at all to keep my imagination from running wild, or to stop up the void which seems to be left in my mind from a want of excitement.
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Things I say are sometimes silly.
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I've never had to spend any time in the VA hospital, so I really can't speak for those guys.
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These rejections hurt me terribly because I felt it was my life that was being rejected.
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People think I must have been turning cartwheels on the night I sealed the movie deal - which was only two days after sealing the book deal - but I was really quite terrified.
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I wouldn't write about people who are living and who are close to me, because I think it's a very violent thing to do to another person. And anytime I have done it, even in the disguise of fiction, the results have been horrific.
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I started writing when I was 9 years old. I was like this weird kid who would just stay in my room, typing little funny magazines and drawing comic strips.
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If you feel good, you stand up a bit straighter.
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I like sleeping a lot.
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Although I have won many times now, each time when I have a lead, I start to think about winning. It's very difficult not to think about winning. Every time, there are new challenges. Every time, there are new issues to overcome.
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Our second phase was to develop a school curriculum that teaches tolerance, respect for differences, conflict resolution, anger management, and other attributes of peace.
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There was a point where I just did not care about my body.
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College has been oversold. It has been oversold to students who end up dropping out or graduating with degrees that don't help them very much in the job market. It also has been oversold to the taxpayers, who foot the bill for subsidies that do nothing to encourage innovation and economic growth.
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The classics tell us that, in relationships, the one between teacher and student comes second only to the one between parent and child.
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Through developing trusting and respectful relationships with the boys in our lives, we can help boys to value and acknowledge their relational capabilities, which they may otherwise learn to discount or overlook.
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The internal and international criminal gang will either be forced to work or simply exterminated.
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I am weary of happiness, both as a word and as a concept.
