Sarah Addison Allen Quotes
Her life was monotonous, but it kept her out of trouble. . . . This, her father would say, was called being an adult.
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The deadliest foe to virtue would be complete self-knowledge.
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I want to compete in the next Olympics. If I go to Rio, it will be my third time, which is a rare feat for an Indian athlete. For me, Olympics is important because it's the biggest event on earth for a sports person. I hope this time around I come back with a medal.
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I really am pretty boring. There's no reason to take pictures of me.
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No one ought to be under any illusion that Cheney privately thinks himself a failure.
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I've only chosen films that offered me something concrete, even if it is less than what I get to do in the South.
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We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.
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When you're in the battlefield, survival is all there is. Death is the only great emotion.
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I decided in my late teens that I wanted to be an actor, and my dad and I agreed that films were better. I work alongside my dad, you see. I've thought that films were better since I was a kid.
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I feel a physical happiness when spring is coming.
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We began intercepting Japanese radio transmissions, which indicated the two forces were very close to each other. We found out later that we were moving in opposite directions and passed each other by 32 miles.
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My life has become a reality show. When I am home, people are climbing trees with cameras. I feel that my personal space is being encroached upon. I will try and protect it as much as I can.
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During the Cold War, the U.S. instituted a policy of sending money to governments in poor countries to buy their political loyalty. While studies show that sending aid to foreign governments creates allegiance, it does not lead to economic progress.
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I want girls to feel the confidence you get from being smart. They get so many messages that tell them the most important thing is to be beautiful.
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I'm not wed to bitcoin's blockchain. I'm blockchain-agnostic.
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I think what's important is for us to decipher what is honest and what is dishonest and be accepting of those things and not operating from fear.
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My observations of Japanese naval fighting men, their abilities and equipment led me to believe that they gave a better account of themselves than we did.
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It was an interesting way to come across in my first big role. To work with Robert DeNiro was very exciting.
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Acceptance looks like a passive state, but in reality it brings something entirely new into this world. That peace, a subtle energy vibration, is consciousness.
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I was encouraged by my mother and, to a lesser extent, by my father.
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I am interested in shows that are not out-and-out gag fests: you see the truth of a broken heart behind them. That is what life is like: it's really funny, you see funny things as soon as you step out of the room, but underneath that is a whole bag of broken hearts. It's that real pain and that real hilarity that makes life so intriguing.
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We always thought the living earth was a thing of beauty. It isn’t. Life has had to learn to defend itself against the planet’s random geological savagery.
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I've always felt that the traditional novel doesn't give you enough information about the narrator, and I think it's important to know the point of view from which these tales are told: the moral makeup of the teller.
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FDR's job results were, to put it politely, disturbing.
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Her life was monotonous, but it kept her out of trouble. . . . This, her father would say, was called being an adult.
