Judith Tarr Quotes
Some books are a revelation. They come along at just the right time for just the right reasons. They become heart books and soul books.
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I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.
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My husband and I click wedding rings sometimes and say, 'By the power of the Castle of Greyskull!'
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Hebrew is the language I use to thank the Creator and, also, to swear on the road.
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The universe will put signposts in your life. You can either ignore them or embrace them. You can choose and wish for all the things you want, but the things that are coming to you, you will never be able to hide from and the things that you want so bad that are not supposed to be for you for whatever reason, they'll never come to you.
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Most people who get in trouble in politics usually get in trouble because they're disconnected from the people they serve, and I don't think anybody in Tennessee, even people who won't vote for me, would accuse me of that.
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There is no correlation between a childhood success and a professional athlete.
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Christians should be ready for a change because Jesus was the greatest changer in history.
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People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing, if only I could know.
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It's the thing I struggle with every day: the mental diligence and stamina needed to sit in front of the computer, open the file, start writing and to keep doing so, word after word, until I've created the next story. A combination of learning disability and chronic health issues make that the hardest thing for me.
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I may have a slightly paranoid nature, a fear of losing control of my life.
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I think the power of the platforms is outstripping the size of the audience. We can't charge $150 for a game. And when the best-selling game of all time has sold only 20 million copies at $60, do the math!
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I am so anxious for you not to abdicate and I think the fact that you do is going to put me in the wrong light to the entire world because they will say that I could have prevented it.
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I've always been aware of having feelings that were pretty intense at times. I imagine most people have had that, or they wouldn't be human.
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Teaching children to debate without teaching children to listen is divorce training.
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America’s media seem utterly lacking in introspection. Do they understand why so many people hate them so? Do they care? Are they so smugly self-righteous and self-regarding they cannot see?
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The bank, Mr. Van Buren, is trying to kill me, but I will kill it.
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Looking so cool, his greed is hard to conceal, he's fresh out of law school, you gave him a license to steal.
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Finally, a good prosecutor knows that her job is to enforce the law without fear or favor. Likewise, a Supreme Court Justice must interpret the laws without fear or favor.
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It came into existence because I had to paint it. Any attempt on my part to say something about it, to attempt explanation of the inexplicable, could only destroy it. 1947, on his painting 'She wolf'
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Someone's energy and aura and soul are so much more important - they don't compare to what you have on.
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I do not consider myself less ignorant than most people. I have been and still am a seeker, but I have ceased to question stars and books. I have begun to listen to the teachings my blood whispers to me. My story is not a pleasant one; it is neither sweet nor harmonious, as invented stories are; it has the taste of nonsense and chaos, of madness and dreams -- like the lives of all men who stop deceiving themselves.
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Books crowbar the world open for you.
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Some books are a revelation. They come along at just the right time for just the right reasons. They become heart books and soul books.
