Sara Paretsky Quotes
The hope for a messiah puts too much on that one person. And you think that absolves you of personal responsibility and you don't have to act because that person will do it for you.
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Any people attempting to govern themselves by laws of their own making, and by officers of their own appointment, are in direct rebellion against the kingdom of God.
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There was always that kind of imagination in our house, which was always a little crazy.
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Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.
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There are no limits to our future if we don't put limits on our people.
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Students often have such a lofty idea of what a poem is, and I want them to realize that their own lives are where the poetry comes from. The most important things are to respect the language; to know the classical rules, even if only to break them; and to be prepared to edit, to revise, to shape.
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You always gotta be on time, an hour ahead of everything. You always gotta be prepared.
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I like heels and make-up.
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A lot of people meet me and they're like, 'Why aren't you crazy?'
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Fighting corruption is not a one-night affair.
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I had a very normal childhood, and my mother cooked very normal food.
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Music is like a lifeblood - it changes the way I move; it changes the way I feel about myself. The way I walk into the room is different depending on the song I was just listening to.
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It is a fact that Mussolini entered the scene of world politics as an ally of the democracies, while Lenin entered it as a virtual ally of imperial Germany.
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I don't perform. Seals perform.
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I think I could drink my own blood. Is that weird?
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I had this idea that the coolest thing that could happen to you was talking with God. My father was always talking about God, and I idolized my father, so I'd spend hours trying to have mental telepathy with God.
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I have heard Obama officials say more than once, 'You will have blood on your hands if you publish this story.'
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If you have enthusiasm, you have a very dynamic, effective companion to travel with you on the road to Somewhere.
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I know things like a 20% corporate tax rate will allow us to be more competitive in the global marketplace. That's what our competitors enjoy today around the world. And when we're more competitive, we win in the marketplace, and that allows us to invest and grow for the future.
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I guess it's true what they say: if we could reason with religious people, there would be no religious people.
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We are reasserting congressional responsibility of oversight with respect to this program.
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In the end, you as a director, of course, are the captain on the ship. You have to say, "Well, we're sailing to the left and not to the right." But, you always have to listen to everyone, because I'm not always right and other people have great ideas, too. I think that makes great moviemaking.
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I'm not sure I have a role model per se, but I do deeply admire every woman who raises children and has to walk for water.
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Joan Crawford is doubtless the best example of the flapper, the girl you see in smart night clubs, gowned to the apex of sophistication, toying iced glasses with a remote, faintly bitter expression, dancing deliciously, laughing a great deal, with wide, hurt eyes. Young things with a talent for living.
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The hope for a messiah puts too much on that one person. And you think that absolves you of personal responsibility and you don't have to act because that person will do it for you.
