George A. Sheehan Quotes
We may think there is willpower involved, but more likely... change is due to want power. Wanting the new addiction more than the old one. Wanting the new me in preference to the person I am now.
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Unsettling signs of al Qaeda's aims and skills in cyberspace have led some government experts to conclude that terrorists are at the threshold of using the Internet as a direct instrument of bloodshed.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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I used to trip over my legs and get detention for my too-short shorts because none fit. I still trip, but now I like to show them off.
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That you get booed belongs to professional sports.
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The job as a coach is difficult.
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In our gliding experiments we had had a number of experiences in which we had landed upon one wing, but the crushing of the wing had absorbed the shock, so that we were not uneasy about the motor in case of a landing of that kind.
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I love baseball, and the door remains open.
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I was working in restaurants as a captain and as a waiter.
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I played violin and got into that Suzuki program in the second grade.
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Im not your biggest girly girl.
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One always writes comedy at the moment of deepest hysteria.
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Glamour is fun! Spending time to get ready isn't about being fussy; it's about taking care of myself.
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We want every human being in the womb to be safe, not have these babies be killed to solve some dilemma.
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Working with Sturges was like working with a guy who wanted to have a party all the time. He was very serious about his work, but in between shots, he was fun and we would play games.
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
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There is no arguing with Johnson: for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.
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I love you like a river that understands that it must learn to flow differently over waterfalls and to rest in the shallows. I love you because we are all born in the same place, at the same source, which keeps us provided with a constant supply of water.
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Then all of a sudden, Quentin Tarantino comes along and puts a song from 40 years ago in one of his films and they've suddenly discovered you. That was a real gift that Quentin gave me.
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I have readers everywhere: from a radiologist who decides to compliment me on my writing while inserting a probe to check my ovaries to 80-year-olds who send me emails. And, of course, women my age everywhere.
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When decisions on nuclear power stations and runways are delayed and the government dilly-dallies, people think they aren't important.
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We may think there is willpower involved, but more likely... change is due to want power. Wanting the new addiction more than the old one. Wanting the new me in preference to the person I am now.
