M. L. Stedman Quotes
Years bleach away the sense of things until all that's left is a bone-white past, stripped of feeling and significance.
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All the marketing and advertising sells the book as what it is and hopes that the book will be displayed so that your readers can find it.
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If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.
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There are hundreds of people running around with great voices. If they would study and develop them they could become great singers.
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Growing up, I was taught that a woman should lower her gaze so that men could never know her thoughts. The so-called modesty of Arab women is, in fact, a war tactic.
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I guess becoming an adult and learning how to survive on your own is exciting.
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Society becomes how we behave.
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I agree with my colleagues, even the one who just preceded me, that marijuana is probably a dangerous drug, and I would not suggest that we do anything to encourage its use.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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I didn't dictate sections of 'Visions of Cody.' I typed up a segment of taped conversation with Neal Cassady, or Cody, talking about his early adventures in L.A.
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I go to a regular school still, and I have the normal life of a regular kid.
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But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
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The whole story of the comfort women, the system of forced sexual slavery, the medical experiments of Unit 731, is not something that is in the US psyche. That is changing because many books are coming out.
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The establishment, the newspapers, they try to create something called Scottish literature, but when people are actually going to write, they are not going to necessarily prescribe to that, they'll write what they feel.
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As anyone who has covered the company for any length of time knows, Yahoo's record on major decision-making has been akin to a hippie commune - a lot of wrangling internally in a culture where everyone seems to have a voice and a reticence to push the button to launch.
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I never made a movie I would not take my family to see.
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I do not believe in populism. I am not a supporter of radical decisions. Practice has shown that usually these are harmful.
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There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable. When you're not doing what you're used to, you could completely fall on your face. You could completely blow it.
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There are two ways of being creative. One can sing and dance. Or one can create an environment in which singers and dancers flourish.
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I would argue that Asean has been instrumental in driving both economic growth and political development, and that there can be no clearer example than its relations with Myanmar.
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I get more upset at losing at other things than chess. I always get upset when I lose at Monopoly.
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I'm well trained. The only reason I am this slim is that I have to fit into the clothes. The samples are size 8, and I am naturally a size 10 to 12. I have been on a diet for my entire life.
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Band chemistry is a tricky thing. If one guy isn't feeling right with the other guys, everything gets thrown off. When you get the personalities and the chemistry right, that's a grand slam.
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Years bleach away the sense of things until all that's left is a bone-white past, stripped of feeling and significance.
