M. N. Roy Quotes
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There is definitely a way in which women are raised to be less proactive, less business-oriented, and less willing to jump into creative no man's land. I think media has more of an influence on how we perceive gender identity than anything else.
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Most of Google's home technologies have failed to catch on in a major way.
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People will say, 'Just one picture please.' That is how it starts. There is just one picture and then somebody else wants another. And when I say 'No' I feel guilty.
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Biology is the least of what makes someone a mother.
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A core part of Teach For America's mission has always been affecting positive change in the traditional public school system.
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I've been asked too many times to write a book by the fans.
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I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.
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I love to read poetry but I haven't written anything that I'm willing to show anybody.
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Let's face it: pop music in its myriad permutations will always be sexually presumptuous, racially controversial and, frequently, politically charged.
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What I care about is readers because without readers I can't make a living... And I think it's a bad thing for the world if people don't read anymore. I want people to read a lot.
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Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult.
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You have to communicate with your teammates; you have to be on a string. There are a lot of things that go into a play. And then you are guarding a two or three, which is probably one of their better players on the team, so you're focused on them.
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As for genre, my adult books are usually filed under science fiction / fantasy, although some stores put them into romance, and few have stuck them into horror. I consider all my books a mix of steampunk and urban fantasy.
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Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.
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I would like to think I'm a good secret-keeper, when it comes to friends. I'm quite loyal like that.
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There are moments in history when brooding tragedy and its dark shadows can be lightened by recalling great moments of the past.
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'This fellow,' he indicated the woodsman with a sweep of his stick, 'will reliably not become more alive, but he may have friends or family who will be unsettled to find him so extremely dead.'
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So here I am.On the road again.There I am,Up on the stage.And here I go,Playin' the star again.There I go,Turn the page.
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Any one who wants to live in peace and freedom will be to live by toil, demonstration of high levels of discipline and tolerance for one another.
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Fiction is a piece of truth that turns lies to meaning.
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Believe that time is going to help you do what you want.
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The Tao teaches us to let go of things. Use the 80/20 rule. If you take all your clothes, you'll find out that you only wear 20 percent of them. Take what you have and don't use and circulate it. Give stuff to people who truly need it. After all, we come into this world with nothing; we leave this world with nothing.
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More mouthpieces doesn't guarantee diversity and localism and competition, ... Diversity of ownership does.
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Freedom, knowledge, truth are values to be appreciated together by living them.
