Judith Tarr Quotes
Magic is what it is, and those who work it can be male or female; it doesn't matter. What matters is power.
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September 11 was a wake-up call to me. I don't want to contribute to the hate in any shape or form. I now regret in the past being silent about what I have heard in the Islamic discourse and being part of that with my own anger.
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I'm not on Twitter, and I don't read the papers day to day, so I am somewhat protected. There's this weird separation between your private and public persona.
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Embrace the grease, if any, and look fresh and human. I like to look like a glazed doughnut.
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Men tell me that I've saved their marriages. It costs them a fortune in shoes, but it's cheaper than a divorce. So I'm still useful, you see.
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Customer expectations? Nonsense. No customer ever asked for the electric light, the pneumatic tire, the VCR, or the CD. All customer expectations are only what you and your competitor have led him to expect. He knows nothing else.
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I'm interested in the murky areas where there are no clear answers - or sometimes multiple answers. It's here that I try to imagine patterns or codes to make sense of the unknowns that keep us up at night. I'm also interested in the invisible space between people in communication; the space guided by translation and misinterpretation.
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Great teams argue. Not in a mean-spirited or personal way, but they disagree when important decisions are made.
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I used to feel guilty about owning a console.
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I do think that people have moments of realisation in real life - even if it's on their death beds - when they suddenly think, 'Jesus - what did I do?'
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My humble prayer is that all men everywhere may understand more fully the significance of the atonement of the Savior of all mankind, who has given us the plan of salvation which will lead us into eternal life, where God and Christ dwell.
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Tupac is taking the message to black kids and a lot of white kids, going 'This shit's happening on the streets.' Well, I'm from a different part of the black community. Why is Orleans Woods in Charleston, South Carolina, less 'valid' than Compton?
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Here sit I, as a little child; The threshold of God's door Is that clear band of chrysoprase; Now the vast temple floor, The blinding glory of the dome I bow my head before. Thy universe, O God, is home, In height or depth, to me; Yet here upon thy footstool green Content am I to be; Glad when is oped unto my need Some sea-like glimpse of Thee.
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Inclusive, good-quality education is a foundation for dynamic and equitable societies.
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As a writer, you write the book, you give it to your editor, it's copy edited, it's published, it's thrown out there, and then there's a response.
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Newman has it all worked out. I get a million. He gets a million two, but that includes $200,000 expenses.
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I write mostly in my office in the shed outside at home, but it can get very cold. I write best on the train, among people. As a writer you spend so much time away from people.
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Mathematics is the music of reason.
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And we have not found any generational gap at all. If he wants to go a football game, he goes. If I want to go to a fashion show, I go. We don't have to do everything together. But we like doing most things together.
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If you set a good example you need not worry about setting rules.
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The American father is never seen in London. He passes his life entirely in Wall Street and communicates with his family once a month by means of a telegram in cipher.
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Well, I love geraniums, and anybody who does not love geraniums must obviously be a depraved and loathsome person.
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Roxanne Quimby wanted money and power, and I was just a pillar on the way to that success.
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As I get older, I find that wearing bright colors cheers me up.
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Magic is what it is, and those who work it can be male or female; it doesn't matter. What matters is power.
