Nancy Pearcey Quotes
Urban areas tend to attract members of the 'knowledge class' - people who work with ideas, data, information.
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There is so much to do in my house, in every little corner. It's just like anybody, it's like one step at a time. I try to decorate one space and a pipe breaks or whatever - you know how it is.
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I have many different sides; I can be the life and soul of the party - or a wallflower.
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The novel moves like all the arts. It's transforming itself all the time.
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I'm never doing anything by rote. I'm only on thin ice, and I think that that's a good place to be. I feel like when you push yourself like that, the rewards can be pretty great.
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It's the fans that need spring training. You gotta get 'em interested. Wake 'em up and let 'em know that their season is coming, the good times are gonna roll.
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I don't think there's any dearth of talent in India - we've always had the best juniors in the world.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is my way of judging what I am doing - which is never an easy thing to do.
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It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
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I think everybody should focus on inner beauty.
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The logical thing is to implement the Arab Defense Agreement.
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I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.
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I'd like to be an actress when I'm older. I sometimes do improv. I used to do it with my dad.
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If it feels right and I'm not going against any energy in myself or the situation, there would be no limit.
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Death is not something any one of us want to dwell on, but we must all confront it at some point.
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I always try not to overload my music with orchestration and to use only those instruments that are absolutely necessary.
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I came out the box and for seven years I had a huge career. And then it's done, it's dumped. But I ain't gone, and I refuse to be gone.
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Private equity helps produce strong companies, promotes innovation and spurs job growth.
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Employees are a company's greatest asset - they're your competitive advantage. You want to attract and retain the best; provide them with encouragement, stimulus, and make them feel that they are an integral part of the company's mission.
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I don't think we should discriminate against an organization or congregation because they're religious, if they're doing good work. But government can't subsidize proselytizing or worship or religious activity. It can't.
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I've never had a 12-year-old try to explain to me about groove.
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If you are a writer from Turkey, Pakistan, Nigeria, Egypt, you don't have the luxury of being apolitical. You can't say, 'That's politics. I'm just doing my work.'
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I love making fiction films as well as nonfiction ones, and hope to keep challenging myself to make better and better work.
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Urban areas tend to attract members of the 'knowledge class' - people who work with ideas, data, information.
