Judith Viorst Quotes
Losing is the price we pay for living. It is also the source of much of our growth and gain.
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I was very good in math and physics. In the Soviet time, we had a lot of Olympic-style competitions for different disciplines: I was always winning in my region.
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When you're writing a novel - at least the way I write is I work from what I would call 'emotional atmosphere,' ambiance to ambiance.
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Everybody goes through a phase of fatigue, and I am no different. Re-inventing yourself in your profession is the key to deal with fatigue.
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We grew up listening to music like that: we grew up on the snap music, grew up off the trap music, grew up on all the South sound.
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My quality of life here in Quebec City is extraordinary.
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Every question is a hypothetical question for everyone but the person who asks it.
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How do we get more politicians to move from 'fixing' the system to reforming the system? The obvious answer is to either improve the quality of public services or reduce the public's dependence on them. Both approaches are necessary.
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If Edith Wharton lived in the Age of Innocence, surely we now live in the Age of Deception.
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For the most part, the real work is done in the songwriting stage and recording; the next step is presenting to people.
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In almost every marriage there is a selfish and an unselfish partner. A pattern is set up and soon becomes inflexible, of one person always making the demands and one person always giving way.
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We should preserve every scrap of biodiversity as priceless while we learn to use it and come to understand what it means to humanity.
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But I suppose film is distinctive because of its nature, of its being able to cut through time with editing.
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A Kindle returns us to the inconvenience of the scroll, except with batteries and electronic glitches. It's as handy as bringing Homer along to recite the 'Iliad' while playing a lyre.
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As women, we are constantly criticising and judging ourselves in terms of our body, how we dress, what profession we take up, how we fare in that. Indian women are gifted with certain body types and features, which is healthy, and we should accept that.
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Most of leaders in Philippine politics come from rich family.
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I don't concentrate on any one period of history; I like to locate my stories in wildly different eras and places. I seem to be drawn to large, sprawling, uncomfortable swaths of American history, finding embedded within them a tight narrative that involves strife, heroism, and survival under difficult circumstances.
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The ideas which led to the Analytical Engine occurred in a manner wholly independent of any that were connected with the Difference Engine. These ideas are indeed, in their own intrinsic nature, independent of the latter engine and might equally have occurred had it never existed nor even been thought of at all.
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He who tampers with the currency robs labor of its bread.
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The key, of course, is to stay away from the losing years.
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There are a few things that people all around the world need to admit to themselves. Trade restraints slow economic growth, the euro is not a reserve currency, and scoreless sports ties are boring.
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Discipline and united action are the real source of strength for the nation.
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My grandmother knitted me a crochet top when I was 15. I still fit into it and will never give it away.
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The belief that a person can and should only feel grief over one sad event at a time is a truly disturbing estimate of our emotional capacity.
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Losing is the price we pay for living. It is also the source of much of our growth and gain.
