H. Rider Haggard Quotes
It is a well-known fact that very often, putting the period of boyhood out of the argument, the older we grow the more cynical and hardened we become; indeed, many of us are only saved by timely death from moral petrification, if not from moral corruption.
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Every writer I know got their start in a library somewhere. We read a book, and we thought, 'I want to do that.'
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Track and field was very big when I was growing up.
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I think depression creates in me an urgent need to write, but I also believe that daily stress, and even the positive 'stress' of intense happiness, can compel me to express myself through the written word.
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People think being famous is so glamorous, but half the time you're in a strange hotel room living out of a suitcase.
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Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be a woman is in itself a terrible experience.
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Basketball paid for four years of my education, and I am so proud of that.
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You get an audience to laugh and then show them something horrific, it's going to be even more horrific because they've had the release of the laugh before it.
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If I were to explore music, I'd want to just focus on that and make that my priority.
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I take great pride in having been able to overcome the Asian financial crisis and seeking the opportunities available to bring about an unprecedented growth in the economy.
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In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present.
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Controversial means somebody who makes people think. And if you are afraid of people who will be against you, you might as well stay home and do nothing.
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I've made the decision not to do radio anymore.
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Stay calm and aggressive.
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Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books.
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The day of the absolute is over, and we're in for the strange gods once more.
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I pretty much preach, teach and nag.
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I love seeing tattoos on 60-year-olds who have had them for 40 years.
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I think what's universal is the idea of auditioning. It's something that you do in every kind of job market. You audition every time you go on a date, you audition at a job interview, and it's always about trying to put the best version of yourself forward and seeing what sticks and what doesn't.
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I once attended an advertising conference held at the Greenbrier Hotel in 1968. The dean of the original Mad Men, the great David Ogilvy, was the keynote speaker. The subject of his speech was the new creative revolution in advertising.
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Fight the tendency to become complacent and do one kind of music - that is the death of a musician.
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Russia is not a threat to France - why should I be hostile to Russia.
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If you think individual, that's how you're going to come off. I've always given 'team' a chance.
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It is a well-known fact that very often, putting the period of boyhood out of the argument, the older we grow the more cynical and hardened we become; indeed, many of us are only saved by timely death from moral petrification, if not from moral corruption.
