Heather Brooke Quotes
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One of the most effective tools in Brazil's efforts to eradicate slavery is a register compiled by the government that lists individuals and businesses found using slave labor. Those on the 'dirty list,' as the register is known, are fined and remain on it for a minimum of two years during which they cannot access public funds.
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They might in the future more than ever before engage in hunting beavers.
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The Epistle to the Romans is an extremely important synthesis of the whole theology of St. Paul.
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I know my life is nearing its end and I accept that.
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I'm starting to find my own style.
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I eat two breakfasts, two lunches, and two dinners throughout the day. It's always eating.
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We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather.
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If you are sure you understand everything that is going on, you are hopelessly confused.
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I actually study boxing - my dad was a Golden Gloves champion so I learned how to fight at a very young age. Growing up in Brooklyn you always had to watch your back, so I pretty much learned to protect myself.
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I would describe my dancing talents as incredibly deep.
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There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the best, between mediocrity and superiority.
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They asked me to write it and zoomed me over there to do it. But they ended up sacking me.
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As for genre, my adult books are usually filed under science fiction / fantasy, although some stores put them into romance, and few have stuck them into horror. I consider all my books a mix of steampunk and urban fantasy.
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The trial of a case is a three-legged stool - a judge and two advocates.
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Your pupillary muscles relax when your body gives up.
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If I have my way, I want to go start making really interactive television. Stuff where you can sit and watch real actors do a real series and they can get into some kind of gun battle and all of a sudden your television prompts you to pick up your controller and all of a sudden, you're playing a first-person shooter.
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You don't want to be photographed? You don't want to be known? Then you don't need to be out there peddling movies.
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Pretty much everyday, there's a moment where I'm having to pinch myself and think, 'When did this happen to my life?'
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I loved teaching. It was my world. I only left because I was overwhelmed with three careers - teaching, writing, and my family.
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A meritocracy is a system in which the people who are the luckiest in their health and genetic endowment; luckiest in terms of family support, encouragement and, probably, income; luckiest in their educational and career opportunities; and luckiest in so many other ways difficult to enumerate - these are the folks who reap the largest rewards.
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Oh, what a world full of pain we create, for a little taste upon the tongue.
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Beautiful everywhere, outside and in, male fantasies.
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You don't make a system more effective by increasing the number of regulators.
