Peter Straub Quotes
Nobody is surprised that women writers accurately represent male characters over and over again, no doubt because everybody knows that women understand men much better than vice-versa.
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Dear London, British fashion is a serious business. The British fashion industry is worth £21bn to the U.K. economy and employs 819,000 people across the country. With your help, we would like to see these numbers rise for the good of our industry, our talented designers, and our reputation worldwide.
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I like everything perfect. Everything has to be neat. My sister is 5, and she's more messy than I am. I make my bed every morning, everything's perfect. My shoes are all arranged. It's sad. I'm a little like Ray, a little bit.
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I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
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The worst thing for an effective war on terror is the suspicion of states about the objectives.
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One rare and exceptional deed is worth far more than a thousand commonplace ones.
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I don't really feel McCain. It ain't just because Barack is black; he can make change. Just like Bush equals recession, Barack equals progression.
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The reality is that it's harder to recruit pediatric subspecialists if you're not recruiting them for a children's hospital.
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With a warm drink, in a rocking chair and family and friends around, I am working on finding peace and joy in the moments we have been given. It doesn't have to all make sense. I don't have all the answers.
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Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.
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Every change in a team can turn into an opportunity for players to show themselves.
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Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm.
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We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
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There's obviously a group who enjoys what Tyler Perry is putting out there. And why fault them? And there's a group that loves the things that Spike does. So they should enjoy that, too. Is it my taste? Maybe not, but I'm not going to fault anybody for doing what they're doing as long as people are showing up.
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When we cover a Chainsmokers song in our live show with ZBB, people are dancing and going crazy.
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You must be a lotus, unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it!
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If humanity does not opt for integrity we are through completely. It is absolutely touch and go. Each one of us could make the difference.
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The cult of the individual is killing us. I think Twitter signals the death of western civilisation, but people have been saying that since Demosthenes.
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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This is the most important thing I will ever say to you. The human mind is the ultimate testing device. You can take all the notes you want on the technical data, anything you forget you can look up again, but this must be engraved on your hearts in letters of fire. There is nothing, nothing, nothing, more important to me in the men and women I train than their absolute personal integrity. Whether you function as welders or inspectors, the laws of physics are implacable lie detectors. You may fool men. You will never fool metal. That’s all.
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In my novels, there are twelve ancient 'memory tools,' all now lost. Each of the 'Reincarnationist' books revolves around a different tool.
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I had probably seven agents by the time I became a legitimate real estate broker.
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Violence against women and girls touches every corner of the globe and is one of the world's most pervasive human rights violations.
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Every director is themselves; they're not playing a part.
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Nobody is surprised that women writers accurately represent male characters over and over again, no doubt because everybody knows that women understand men much better than vice-versa.
