Edith Caroline Rivett (E. C. R. Lorac) Quotes
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River Phoenix and I were friends for nine years, and I watched him grow and mature, and I also saw him struggle. I watched him deal with the whole up and down aspects of Hollywood and saw him bounce back, so when he passed away, it was such an enormous shock.
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A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.
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On the other hand, the American public possesses a great resilience and strength, and good risk communication strategies can tap into and even amplify those assets.
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As a writer, I was shaped by a desire to write for black people. That things were not being represented. That was my motivating force. That it has become what it has become is shocking to me. I just wanted to be able to take care of my kids.
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The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse.
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Citizens United opened a door that's frustrated anyone who's looking.
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Paradoxically, since gay men rarely have gay parents, cultural transmission must come from friends or strangers (a problem since the generations so seldom mix in gay life).
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Now I have the bravery to do fine things.
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I like science - geography, meteorology, cosmology.
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There's nothing better than achieving your goals, whatever they might be.
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When President Ronald Reagan negotiated some significant arms reduction deals with the then-Soviet Union, he was considered a real hero, someone who was advocating for peace.
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Wit consists in knowing the resemblance of things that differ, and the difference of things that are alike.
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We must take steps to prevent further nuclear weapons development or modernization.
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I surf - that's the one thing I make time to do. I definitely surf a lot, but when you're working 15 hour days... all I want to do is get home to my baby.
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A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to him; wherever he goes.
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When you adopt a dog, you have a lot of very good days and one very bad day.
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I am disturbed by how states abuse laws on Internet access. I am concerned that surveillance programmes are becoming too aggressive. I understand that national security and criminal activity may justify some exceptional and narrowly-tailored use of surveillance. But that is all the more reason to safeguard human rights and fundamental freedoms.
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Ay me, how many perils doe enfold The righteous man, to make him daily fall!
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Careless their merits or their faults to scan,His pity gave ere charity began.Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride,And e'en his failings leaned to Virtue's side.
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The good news is hopeful doesn't mean dumb. The bad news is cynical doesn't mean smart.
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I'd much rather have the freedom, and the obligation to use it responsibly, than be put in a box.
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The desire from those abroad to join our ranks is overwhelming. Tens of millions have applied for the limited amount of diversity visas available every year, illustrating the demand and need to maintain this vital path to American citizenship.
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The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they pass unobserved.
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ideas are dangerous commodities.
