Eric Van Lustbader Quotes
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I don't think my mother and father ever had any doubts about what I was to be punished for or not. My parents come from a very strictly defined culture.
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Well I think all I would say on that is, when we were in opposition in Britain and Hawke and then Keating were in power here, Labor was in power here, we learnt a huge amount from the ALP's experience here.
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A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.
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The Catholic Church was the church of the colonial fascist regime.
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For many, the hijab represents modesty, piety and devotion to God, and I truly respect that. But the hijab should not be used as a means of applying social pressure on people.
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The greatest thing about being in a band, and the strength of having companionship and collaboration, is also the thing that makes a band break up because then you begin to feel confined. Like, who am I as an individual, as a writer, as a performer?
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I learned that five- and-six-year-old kids have already figured out how to be intolerant.
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The core of my personality consists of many selves.
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I think, in a lot of ways, we underestimate how much clothing plays a part in achieving our identities and in how we want the world to deal with us.
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Never get involved with a business that you can't really be hands-on - that if your employees quit, you can't run yourself. If I can't cut hair, why open a barbershop?
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Never refuse a breath mint - you don't know why it's being offered.
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I can't hide things from my Maker, so it is better to be honest.
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I can mourn internally, just be quiet about it. I have my moments but I'm not a real, expressive person, especially when it comes to like sadness.
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There is nothing so eternally adhesive as the memory of power.
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Insurance companies can no longer refuse to cover Americans with pre-existing conditions. That's what change looks like.
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My truth - what I believe - is that there are no answers here and, if you are looking for answers, you'd better choose the question carefully.
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Love is really the only thing we can possess, keep with us, and take with us.
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My first airplane trip was to Paris. I had this fantasy that I would become a model, and I did!
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There aren't enough people who are passionate with what they do. They're content just going through life being mediocre, being average. They don't want to thrive. They don't want to strive for greater. They're happy being where they are.
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I am fortunate to have only worn one shirt in my career. It is something that is fundamental to me. It is something I have always wanted: to be one of these few who wear only one shirt - a fan and a player of the same team.
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My furniture is an exercise in architecture or architectural mood.
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I love hanging out with my friends; I love to run. I box. I'm a huge movie buff.
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You write a lot of books; you hope you get better.
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Keep your friends close, Sun-Tzu had written. Your enemies closer.
