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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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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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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God forbid that the day should ever come when to be true to my constituents is to be hostile to the Union.
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I need some me-time. I have to remember to rest, because I have a natural energy and I don't want to burn out.
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Without the meed of some melodious tear.
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When I'm on stage, I'm trying to do one thing: bring people joy.
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Πολλῷ γ' ἀμείνων τοὺς πέλας φρενοῦν ἔφυςἢ σαυτόν. ἔργῳ κοὐ λόγῳ τεκμαίρομαι.
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I disagree with the followers of Marx and those of Adam Smith: the reason free markets work is because they allow people to be lucky, thanks to aggressive trial and error, not by giving rewards or 'incentives' for skill.
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We are still so close, David and I. We were at a party the other day at my mum's house and I was sitting on his lap. We're very affectionate. And I looked at him and thought after being married for 11 years! We were the only couple who were even near each other at that party. We're soul mates.
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The hero of my tale, whom I love with all the power of my soul, whom I have tried to portray in all his beauty, who has been, is, and will be beautiful, is Truth.
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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.
