George Packer Quotes
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Well, when you get into the business, what you have to realize is that signing autographs and getting 'bothered' is just part of the deal. It's not a bother to me at all. That's part of being an actor and that's something you have to realize before you ever get into this business.
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I think that when somebody loses a bet, they tend to sometimes confuse their motives in rooting and enjoying the game because if you lose your bet, even though the team you're rooting for wins, you have a potentially conflicted outcome.
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Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.
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In my mind, every single female character I've written is plus-size.
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There is resistance to change. There's a resistance to ideas.
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The fact that the movement was carried on by women who, for the most part, had no money of their own and were totally inexperienced in organization, and that they won their fight in about two generations, makes a story often dramatic and always worth preserving.
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It's surreal to think that I own this beautiful island. It doesn't feel like anyone can own Lanai. What it feels like to me is this really cool 21st-century engineering project, where I get to work with the people of Lanai to create a prosperous and sustainable Eden in the Pacific.
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Attraction is what happens between you. It's not universal. And it's not conventional. And thank God for that.
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I ain't never nervous. Never nervous.
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I'm attracted to mysterious men. Every woman can relate to that, right?
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People on both sides of any conflict believe they are right, whether it's on a TV show or in the real world.
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Helplessness induces hopelessness, and history attests that loss of hope and not loss of lives is what decides the issue of war.
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When I finished graduate school, I had a master's of fine arts from a prestigious institution, a manuscript that would eventually become my first published book - and almost no marketable skills.
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If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.
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My aunts told wonderful stories. Not to me, but to each other. We had a very strong family. My mother's sisters loved each other intensely. The uncles loved each other intensely.
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Maybe a day will come when we may have to just put on a pair of glasses and see sports events.
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Anna Wintour is the most powerful woman in the global fashion industry, the first lady of fashion. She's a politician; I'm a stylist. They are two very different jobs.
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I'm a very loyal person and I allowed myself to be defined as somebody who was doing Gordon's bidding. I should have fought back harder to define myself at an earlier stage.
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There is nothing the busy man is less busied with than living; there is nothing harder to learn.
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Until always, little children. I still hope to see you again. A really big kiss and a hug from Papa.
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Oh, I'm terrible at travel.
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For it is an absurdity to call a country civilized in which a decent and industrious man, laboriously mastering a trade which is valuble and necessary to the common weal, has no assurance that it will sustain him while he stands ready to practice it, or keep him out of the poorhouse when illness or age makes him idle.
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What can one man do even if he is the president?
