Abraham Lincoln Quotes
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We share a wonderful, I think, physical or geographical heritage.
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It's different from Liverpool. Boston seems to be a friendly place.
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The film business was a great lesson in business combat and what it takes to survive.
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I believe America wants and needs the shared experience of television. We far too often see in crises how television brings us together.
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I'm not usually attracted to big-budget American films.
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When you're a mom to three children, nothing bothers you. Trust me. Who cares what people say? I've got other things to deal with.
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In this business, it's important to constantly do things that you don't know how to do. I love touring and making records, but I've learned how to do that, so sometimes you just have to dive in and try it.
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If you want to be happy, make others happy!
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I found a certain kind of music congenial to me; it never occurred to me to write music that was academically acceptable.
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My job as an author is to tell the story in the best way possible, to make it flow seamlessly and get the reader to keep turning the page.
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I work all day, do research, sketch my ideas, prepare for performances.
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Don't romanticise your 'vocation.' You can either write good sentences or you can't. There is no 'writer's lifestyle.' All that matters is what you leave on the page.
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A song of mine called 'I'll Take Care of You' was on that 'Wide Open Spaces' Dixie Chicks album.
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There are charms made only for distant admiration.
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I never expect to lose. Even when I'm the underdog, I still prepare a victory speech.
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Plot is a framework on which to drape other things. So once that's working, I can just let it go and do all the stuff that I love - 'Trojan horse' it. There are so many great YA heroines, and that's fantastic, but what about the emotionally complex boy out there? That's who I tend to write about.
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A team without hope fizzles: no flameout, no fire.
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My parents were Beatle fans, but my mom was especially a Lennon fan, so I was exposed to him more. I remember her playing 'Double Fantasy' quite often.
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Our intellect does not draw its laws from nature, but it imposes its laws upon nature.
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I got into the guitar at a young age, and it's a big part of what I like to do during my down time.
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'You want me to go into a sewer, Mister Sharpe?' Sarah asked in a small voice.'No, miss, I don't', Sharpe said. 'I want you to be in green fields and happy, with enough money to last you the rest of your life. But to get you there I have to go through a sewer.'
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A road-wise folkie with a bluesy soul reminiscent of early Michelle Shocked, Melissa Crabtree is an original storyteller and performer not to be missed.
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God is the silent partner in ALL great enterprises.
