Sara Paretsky Quotes
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All men begin their learning with Homer.
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A man is what he thinks about all day long.
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If America don't come around, we're gonna' burn it down.
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The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.
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I love the idea of giving up the vengeful nature that so many of us have.
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I've heard that we come on earth in pairs, get separated only to meet once again through marriage. So whoever is there on this earth for me will eventually get paired with me. Till then, I'll enjoy my singlehood.
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If you speak to anyone who's ever done time, the fact that you make it out of there alive is a miracle.
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When I was a kid, we never had a videogame in my house. But my cousin did, and each time I went to her house I was able to play 'Tetris' and 'Mario.' Those were the only two games I played as a child.
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I'd always loved watching YouTube videos, and that's what inspired me to make them myself. Initially I was drawn to makeup tutorials – I learned everything I know about makeup from YouTube.
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Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom; wait until they have been married longer.
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I will never regret not denouncing apartheid.
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I have always fought for concrete facts, for justice.
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It would be good for us Africans to accept ourselves as we are and recapture some of the positive aspects of our culture.
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I'm taking a vow not to advise.
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Creating stuff is hard. But, if that terrifies you, you will just be numb, and you better just stay at home and watch TV and do something else. Move into the woods and live with the trees.
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I'm inspired every day by the great captains of industry and enlightened entrepreneurs like my great-great-grandfather and founder of Fiat, Giovanni Agnelli, who personally knew all his workers and gave so much to this country, or Adriano Olivetti, unique and innovative in every way.
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Our cells engage in protein production, and many of those proteins are enzymes responsible for the chemistry of life.
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I can get plenty of men, keeping them is the hard part.
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I don't go cheap on anything, but I'm not a shopper. If I want something, I look at it, decide what it is, but it will usually be the best product. I've got a pair of loafers that I still wear that I got in 1957.
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Don't let your sins turn into bad habits.
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I seemed to have been born reading.
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As a general thing, a first fault draws many others in its train. As an impalpable flake is the beginning of an avalanche, so an imprudence is often the prelude to a great crime.
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The crime novel has always been my favourite genre.
