E. Merrill Root Quotes
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So people think I'm lying about my age all the time? It's the records that are wrong. I've never told anyone how old I am. The minute they ask me, I say 'That's none of your business.' So that means I've never once lied about my age. Now that's true!
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The problem is foster youth don't really have this network that other kids have.
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At one level, an award is an endorsement, a confirmation, but I always find myself looking askance at awards and good reviews, as though another Garry Disher had earned them.
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Afrikaans culture is very right-wing and conservative, very proper, and you get this hidden underbelly, the zef side of Afrikaans which no one knows about.
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I don't really love to perform in music. Some people like it more, but it's not my thing so much, but just the writing, when you get the lyric, and the lyric just goes just the right way, or you find the right bridge that takes you to the solo, and those moments are tremendous, and it's difficult to portray.
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The search for knowledge is a long and difficult task.
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I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.
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I've raised Michael. I changed his diapers when he was little.
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I love writers. All of my best friends are writers.
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If you seek my help and guidance, I will immediately give it to you.
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The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.
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I'm really about my family and really proud of being a Carter.
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Sometimes my quotes may be too colorful.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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I would love to do a film with a lot of humor in it: a comedy with pain instead of a painful film with some comedy.
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Our company sells about five to six million pounds of sausage a year. We sell it retail and to restaurants. We've got all kinds of products.
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I don't want to make games for 12-year-olds. I have no interest in that. I haven't been 12 in a long time.
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Even an animal, if you show genuine affection, gradually trust develops... If you always showing bad face and beating, how can you develop friendship?
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We imagine that whatever is unpleasant is our duty! Is that anything like the spirit of our Lord, "I *delight* to do Thy will, O My God.
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People do not lack strength; they lack will.
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As you become more successful, the gender barrier disappears. The credibility challenges you have during your growing up years starts disappearing when you start demonstrating success.
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If I focus on being an activist and my job is to be a rapper, I'm not going to be as good of a rapper. I need to focus on hip-hop and focus on making the music, so that when the activists come to me and they need my voice to create a platform, then I've got enough people listening to me. Not because I'm conscious, but because I'm dope.
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Man is happy only as he finds work worth doing - and does it well
