Laura Lippman Quotes
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There is nothing out there that I have a grudge against or I have a problem with.
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She's been on more laps than a napkin.
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I have been working for over 30 years and am always wondering about where I am and where I am going. It does not stop and become a fixed event of achievement.
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The question Americans should ask is not whether a candidate is affiliated with a particular faith but rather whether that candidate's faith makes it more likely he or she will support policies that align with their values.
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I think by eighth grade I knew I wanted to be an actor. I'd done church plays and stuff, but my first actual acting class was in eighth grade. I was obsessed with it.
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I believe it's important that we use names of endearment that reflect a special feeling for the individual involved.
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But I had a very traditional background as well. My parents are neat people.
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From last century's 'The Birth of a Nation' to this century's 'Gods and Generals,' Hollywood has likely done more than any other American institution to obstruct a truthful apprehension of the Civil War and, thus, modern America's very origins.
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I'm childish and silly. Most people tease me because I'm a bit daft.
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Most of the well-known American feminists of the 19th century did not come out against the institution of marriage.
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Something like riding a horse - which I've recently started doing - requires courage, especially for me, as I started out being actually scared of horses.
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As a father, you immediately become uncool, especially the older they get. The older you get, it's inevitable that, as cool as you think you are, you're probably just as lame in your kids' eyes.
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We're imperfect people trapped in an imperfect world until we get to that place beyond.
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I like to say I'm determined; some people would call it stubborn. It depends on your perspective.
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When I was outed by Perez Hilton as bisexual, I suddenly started being asked personal questions, which was really difficult.
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The most beautiful destination I've been to was the Seychelles Islands, and the most culturally inspiring place was Mumbai, India.
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I live in a sort of insular world. It's mostly my family, my house, staying home and working.
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A lot of times, I get asked, 'Do you feel you have a responsibility to young girls to be a role model?' I don't see that happening as much to guys. I feel like, just because I'm a girl, I'm supposed to take more responsibility? Is that how it works?
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The end of knowledge is wisdom The end of culture is perfection The end of wisdom is freedom The end of education is character. And character consists of eagerness to renounce one's selfish greed.
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Because we're actors we can pretend and fake it, but I'd rather the intimate investment was authentic.
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Where the good begins.- Where the poor power of the eye can no longer see the evil impulse as such because it has become too subtle, man posits the realm of goodness; and the feeling that we have now entered the realm of goodness excites all those impulses which had been threatened and limited by the evil impulses, like the feeling of security, of comfort, of benevolence. Hence, the duller the eye, the more extensive the good. Hence the eternal cheerfulness of the common people and of children. Hence the gloominess and grief - akin to a bad conscience - of the great thinkers.
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If devils exist, their first aim is to give you an anesthetic - to put you off your guard. Only if that fails, do you become aware of them.
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I wait with silent passion for one gesture one glance from you.
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...how magnanimous was a gesture if one were constantly aware of its magnanimity?
