Erich Segal Quotes
I was afraid of being rejected, yes. I was also afraid of being accepted for the wrong reasons.
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Like many people in Britain, I have an affectionate respect for the Queen, and am surprised that I should be having such republican thoughts.
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Along with issues like global warming, I think a problem with the world today is population decline.
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Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.
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I can't imagine that I would have been cast in the role, without Jamie Lee giving me a thumbs up.
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In America, we have the feeling of the doomed young artist. Fitzgerald was the great example of that.
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It doesn't bother me because I can tell everyone to kiss off.
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I used to spend a lot of time alone as a kid, creating characters and doing voices in my room, and I thought to myself, I'm either going to go absolutely nuts, or I'm going to find something to put that energy into.
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The best of men cannot suspend their fate: The good die early, and the bad die late.
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As far as I'm concerned, I want to remain the mean little man I always was.
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Win pretty, win ugly, just win.
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I don't eat bad food. I probably just eat too much food, and I think a lot of people do.
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There's a lot of different things that we do during life that could personally harm us and I choose not to stop doing those things.
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Competing in my first Olympics in the country where my parents came from is pretty insane. I'm feeling nothing but excitement.
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To play vinyl onstage is not my thing. For me, vinyl is for home listening.
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We are in danger of forgetting that we cannot do what God does, and that God will not do what we can do. We cannot save ourselves nor sanctify ourselves, God does that; but God will not give us good habits, He will not give us character, He will not make us walk aright. We have to do all that ourselves.
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The Savior accomplished the Atonement, which resolves the most terrible burdens that can occur in this life.
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He who reflects on another man's want of breeding, shows he wants it as much himself.
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It can be difficult to be an introvert in church, especially if you happen to be the pastor. Liking to be alone can be interpreted as a judgment on other people's company. Liking to be quiet can be construed as aloofness. There is so much emphasis on community in most congregations that anyone who does not participate risks being labeled a loner.
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I got my career start by first creating my own free, independent lifestyle in my own house out in the country. There I taught myself to make and later design furniture. I have continued to go my own way, always consciously needing to feel that I am moving forward.
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Like sisters throughout time, whatever battles raged between them, it was always, always, all four of them against the rest of the world.
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I love baking cakes and slices and biscuits, but I will only make them if I'm going somewhere with lots of people so I can share them around. I've got a sweet tooth, and I'm not good with discipline, so it's easier if I just don't have desserts in the house.
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I was afraid of being rejected, yes. I was also afraid of being accepted for the wrong reasons.
