Scarlett Thomas Quotes
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My husband and I click wedding rings sometimes and say, 'By the power of the Castle of Greyskull!'
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What brought the British to the Gambia in the first place - which was bigger than it is now - was trade in ivory because the Gambia had a lot of elephants. They wiped out all the elephants and ended up selling Africans.
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In neurotics, worm phobias are usually found as well as snake phobias.
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I enrolled in an acting workshop and my first acting role was on the TV soap opera 'Melrose Place.'
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I don't like the mentality that comes with rich Russian men. Because they have money, they think they can buy a woman - and they do.
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I don't believe in God.
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The most important thing is to enjoy yourself and have a good time.
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God is my homeboy. Jesus is my homeboy.
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I think that that integrity is something that is important to voters.
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Whites, like ourselves, belong to our country. They are compatriots, fellow citizens... we see them as Africans.
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I know the difference between journalism and a slogan.
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God has blessed me with an unbelievable talent, with fast feet, fast hands, unbelievable defense and a very, very sharp mind. So I'm thankful for that.
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There is no other way to change something or someone for the better except to occupy it first. The only person you can occupy is yourself. That is why the only person who can change you for the better is you. Without your decision to change and your commitment to change, you will not change.
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Some call me a Cuban hyphen American. I reject that. I don't believe in hyphenated Americans.
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I think I need to continue to think and plan and marry all of the different things that we could do that make transportation in space from the earth to the space station, from the earth to the moon to space stations around the moon to visiting an asteroid.
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I think there's a lot to learn from Rockefeller on how to pass legislation.
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But what is clear about pain universally is this: To the extent that we are motivated to get on with life, we seem to be able to tolerate more pain; in other words, our threshold seems to increase. Conversely, to the extent that we are unmotivated to get out of our chair, our threshold seems to go down.
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Events that are predestined require but little management. They manage themselves. They slip into place while we sleep, and suddenly we are aware that the thing we fear to attempt, is already accomplished.
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True stories deal with hunger, imaginary ones with love.
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Now I have new stories and I feel refreshed. There is talk of Bobby's World eventually coming back. I would be happy to do that.
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Because Lincoln is so closely identified with what it is to be American, everyone wants to claim him, to rewrite his story to satisfy their own particular needs.
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People make events into stories. Stories give events meaning.
