G. Frank Lawlis Quotes
War is not pretty from any angle, and the most vulnerable organ in the body is the brain.
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I don't try to sugarcoat things, but I also think my books make positive statements about the people and values in small-town America.
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My maternal grandmother, Penelope, was a very big figure in my life. She was a child of the Raj, born in India, a debutante who hobnobbed with royals, then married a Canadian, Bill Aitken, who became MP for Bury St Edmunds.
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Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.
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Americans are more likely to watch a film in their own language. For the rest of the world, it doesn't matter so much.
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Cable news is more titillating to talk about who's up and who's down and all that nonsense as opposed to what's actually done.
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You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door neighbor.
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You know, people always ask, 'What are you like offstage?' And I always say, 'Well, I'm completely normal and mellow.'
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When the whole world is silent, even one voice becomes powerful.
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I wanted to be a writer first, and I struck out in the world to be a writer first, and then found stand-up as a more creative outlet, as a 3D way to be creative.
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The sovereignty of scriptures of all religions must come to an end if we want to have a united integrated modern India.
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Honestly, I find writing to be a very lonely job.
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My job is to help more people have jobs.
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Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them.
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I am still shocking people today, and I don't know why. Is it because I'm a woman talking about sex and men? One magazine said that no one writes sex in the back of a Bentley better than Jackie Collins.
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People are really upside down. They want a government they can trust. They want one that's not going to raise their taxes by $15 billion and not lay off one state employee.
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I didn't grow up with a mother, so I don't have that resource to rely on and ask a million questions.
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If I manage to leave my bedroom and get to the gym, that makes me feel good about myself! For me, the most difficult part is getting out of bed, but once I'm out, I really enjoy playing sports.
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
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I really try not to read the tennis articles, because a lot of times they're guessing at how a player is feeling, and I like to keep myself kind of open minded about how I'm feeling, rather than have someone else explain to me what's going on.
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The world is as good as you are. You've got to learn to like yourself first.
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Clearly, we need to have the very best advice and counsel on what actions can be taken to help lower the cost of gasoline.
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Clarice: proposing to Toni I'll be your lawyer if you'll be my accountant.
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'Canticum Sacrum' is wonderfully archaic. What Stravinsky does is extraordinary. It takes you on a journey from Gregorian chant right through to the modernism of Webern - and all in 17 minutes.
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War is not pretty from any angle, and the most vulnerable organ in the body is the brain.
