Vladimir Nabokov Quotes
The more gifted and talkative one's characters are, the greater the chances of their resembling the author in tone or tint of mind.
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I've leased the apartment; my partner is going to come out here. But we're keeping our house in Chicago because real estate is a really good investment and also because it is just crammed with full of stuff!
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Beauty pageants work as a platform from where you can reach out to many.
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If I had an ego as big as the Eiffel Tower, would I have won this many collective trophies? I know people like to talk about it. And O.K., I am not going to answer every story. But maybe I will let my collective trophies speak for themselves. I don't know many other footballers who have won as much. Do you?
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Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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I am a little older and understand the nature of the business - the older you get the more your skills supposedly diminish, but I think I am getting wiser in how to use my physical skills. That's the frustrating part when you put so much heart and desire into things and feel like you are not wanted.
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I just love France, I love French people, I love the French language, I love French food. I love their mentality. I just feel like it's me. I'm very French.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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I am a control freak. I will admit that freely.
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I came from Yale, where you get an extracurricular degree in self-importance because you went there. When AIDS happened, I was treated like an outcast. And I don't like that feeling.
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There is no debate that social media is a great tool for networking with others in our industry. It can lead to friendships, support, and serendipitous connections with reviewers, agents, reporters, or editors.
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It's a blessing to have fans acknowledging your craft, period.
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Girls have an unfair advantage over men: if they can't get what they want by being smart, they can get it by being dumb.
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Law enforcement officers are never 'off duty.' They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to protect public safety at any time and place that the peace is threatened. They need all the help that they can get.
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When something startlingly new comes up, young people, especially, seize it. You can't complain about that. I think its heyday has passed, but it's had an effect and will continue to have an effect.
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The alliance in Jammu and Kashmir is one of the most important developments on the contemporary political scene.
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I eat super clean and am always watching what I eat.
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We look for people who demonstrate perseverance in the face of challenges, the ability to influence and motivate others - people who want to work relentlessly to ensure that kids who are facing the challenges of poverty have an excellent education.
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There are some musicians who are talented and see themselves as some kind of natural geniuses or something because of a certain amount of natural ability. But that is often rarely the case over the long term.
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I love going to the spa; it rejuvenates me and leaves me happy.
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Head Start graduates are more likely to graduate from high school and less likely to need special education, repeat a grade, or commit crimes in adolescence.
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Even in real life, I'd rather hang out with guys.
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That's what Buddhism has been trying to unravel - the mechanism of happiness and suffering. It is a science of the mind.
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It is very important to be aware that you may never be satistied with your analytic career if you feel that you are restricted to what is narrowly called a ‘scientific’ approach. You will have to be able to have a chance of feeling that the interpretation you give is a beautiful one, or that you get a beautiful response from the patient. This aesthetic element of beauty makes a very difficult situation tolerable.
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The more gifted and talkative one's characters are, the greater the chances of their resembling the author in tone or tint of mind.
