Oliver Burkeman Quotes
Uncertainty is where things happen. It is where the opportunities - for success, for happiness, for really living - are waiting.
Quotes to Explore
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He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.
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Ending Iran's nuclear threat and bringing it into the international community of law-abiding nations is one of the most pressing U.S. foreign policy objectives.
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It's no easy task to either make money online as a publisher or to advertise your product in a world where attention is so fleeting and divided.
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As a very young writer - kindergarten through about fifth grade - I most often wrote about black characters. My very early stories were science fiction and fantasy, with kids stowing away on spaceships and a girl named Tilly who was trying to get into the 'Guinness Book of World Records.'
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I've always been a fan of Fran Drescher!
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There are many things I love in this world. Music, acting, and animals are at the top of that list.
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I condemn any form of terrorism and especially the terrorism that would affect my country and me.
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You know what it's like to wake up in the middle of the night with a vivid dream? And you know that if you don't have a pencil and pad by the bed, it will be completely gone by the next morning. Sometimes it's important to wake up and stop dreaming. When a really great dream shows up, grab it.
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As is the case for many people with multiple sclerosis, the effects of weakened limbs, spasticity and fatigue had cut my working life in half. Yet not a single GP, neurologist or nurse, and none of the MS websites, had mentioned the use of neuroenhancers for the treatment of neurological fatigue.
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Readers are very, very savvy, and I don't want to insult them by making them think I'm too lazy to get it right.
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Islamism is not Islam. Islamism is the politicisation of Islam, the desire to impose a version of this ancient faith over society.
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Trust your gut. You know yourself, so don't let somebody else tell you who you are.
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I get really restless when I haven't worked for a day and a half. I have a recurring dream that people are lined up next to my bed, waiting for autographs and taking pictures of me!
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We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.
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I'm a cereal girl. I have always loved my cereal ever since I was a kid.
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I'm sponsored by Audi, so I have this rather lovely rather arrangement where they just insist that I'm always in the latest model.
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I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.
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I baked bread, hand-ground peanuts into butter, grew and froze vegetables, and, every morning, packed lunches so healthful that they had no takers in the grand swap-fest of the lunchroom.
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I don't want to be a big movie star.
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You either have to be first, best, or different.
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There's nothing I need from anyone except love and respect, and anyone who can't give me those two things has no place in my life.
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Uncertainty is where things happen. It is where the opportunities - for success, for happiness, for really living - are waiting.
