Michel de Montaigne Quotes
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Some days the competition would beat me and I'd go home thinking awful thoughts, want to hide under the bed, depressed. But of course, in the news business, when you're working a daily news broadcast, you get your victories and defeats every day.
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It's far easier to forgive an enemy after you've got even with him.
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I was born in India - but never really lived there.
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So the storm passed and every one was happy.
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Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you.
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I don't really think about genre. I like to write books that I'd love to read myself.
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Perhaps the truest axiom in baseball is that the toughest thing to do is repeat.
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People don't think an athlete nowadays can have a team-first mentality and I do.
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My best friend is my husband.
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Watching Republicans in Washington is like watching lemmings, if lemmings jumped into cesspools instead of off cliffs.
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There are only so many pitches in this old arm, and I don't believe in wasting them throwing to first base.
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Many small businesses rely on small financial institutions, like credit unions and community banks, to meet their capital requirements. Without them, these small businesses would have to close their doors.
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We have followed a path of moderation, development is our priority, national unity, good community relations, Muslims and non Muslims, this is what has given us the advantage.
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I always wanted so much glamour in my life, so I have always been obsessed with class, and from dating a few people who were from old money and a few from new money in my 20s, I just sort of became obsessed with this idea of clueless rich people.
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I have no personal experience in the military. All I know about it is what I've seen in movies and read in books and watched on television. My knowledge is probably no more or no less than the average person's. 'A Brief Encounter with the Enemy' was created by taking bits and pieces from here and there, and then putting my own spin on them.
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Hong Kong has plenty of superlative hotels, amazing food, and cool shopping.
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When you lose a spouse, you're a widow or widower; when you lose your parents, you're an orphan. When you lose a child, there's no word in the English language for that position, that place that you're left.
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Nothing's going to come to you by sitting around and waiting for it.
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Celtic music will always be around, even if with the mainstream crowds it dies out.
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There's a perceived inverse relation between looks and talent. Look at Charlize Theron - she made herself ugly for 'Monster' and suddenly everyone said 'she's a genius.' It shouldn't be like that.
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My parent's divorce and hard times at school, all those things combined to mold me, to make me grow up quicker. And it gave me the drive to pursue my dreams that I wouldn't necessarily have had otherwise.
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This morning in the dressing room they were as down as I've seen a hockey club. Tonight they showed a lot of character. I have tremendous respect for this team.
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Momentum is whatever your attitude determines it to be.
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I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself.
