Sarah Orne Jewett Quotes
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Obama has built his public image around his ability to bridge divisions - racial, ideological or generational. And that was his reputation, even at Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the 'Law Review.'
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If you want to grow a beard like mine, the only thing I can tell you is that you have to have patience. You just have to let it grow.
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Back in 1999 and 2000, a few of us... a very few of us... Douglas Clegg, Seth Godin and I... offered free electronic copies of our books in an effort to reach an audience we otherwise wouldn't have reached and to test out a new marketing concept for books. Despite the industry screaming we were crazy, it worked.
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There are people who go clad in tunics and have nothing to do with furs, who nevertheless are lacking in humility. Surely humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
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Everybody goes through a phase of fatigue, and I am no different. Re-inventing yourself in your profession is the key to deal with fatigue.
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The key is falling in love with something, anything. If your heart's attached to it, then your mind will be attached to it.
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Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process.
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The only thing I regret in life is that I didn't practice basketball more.
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A man's respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck.
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Madonna and I are very different. Just saying. We're very different. I wouldn't make that comparison at all, and I don't mean to disrespect Madonna: she's a nice lady, and she's had a fantastic, huge career - biggest pop star of all time.
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I am a big fan of movies that don't take themselves too seriously. You know you won't change the world, but have fun. Movies like 'Butch Cassidy' I enjoyed tremendously, but it didn't alter my opinion of the world.
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Wind and other clean, renewable energy will help end our reliance on fossil fuels and combat the severe threat that climate change poses to humans and wildlife alike.
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I can tell you all kinds of moral tales, but fashion and reality are vaguely different.
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I'm interested in the truth, and unauthorized biographies are not. Yes, I would like to correct those errors someday.
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Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.
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As an athlete, you are literally programmed to endure a specific amount of pain.
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I think whatever you love the most is where you should spend your money.
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Children believe that if they just want something badly enough, it will happen.
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I think the relation between the monarchy and the press is very much a two-way street.
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I'm not a practising Muslim.
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Being a parent is the toughest thing I've ever done. But I'm not the kind of person to throw my kid in front of a TV. I'm the one to take out a book, puzzle, or flash cards.
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I think anyone who stops at a gas station at night is up to no good. I think that if cops want to stop drunk driving, they should hide out in the bushes at the Taco Bell drive-through. I think if you're a guy and you pull down your pants and the girl you're with starts texting, you have a small penis.
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Well, Company of Wolves was about that literally, about fairy tales.
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What's everybody's business is nobody's business.
