Nora Roberts (Eleanor Marie Robertson) Quotes
Love and magic have a great deal in common. They enrich the soul, delight the heart. And they both take practice.
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What is art? Art talks about life; it's subversive.
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When I was 26, I got offered the Connecticut job, but the ABA started, and I thought I could still play.
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The first test any poem must pass is no longer, 'Is it true to nature?' but a criterion looking in a different direction: namely, 'Is it sincere? Is it genuine?'
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I was obsessed with the idea of going to college. And I took many years off after that, so I sort of missed the weird, crazy transition that was what making movies was in the nineties to what's happening now.
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The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.
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Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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I think everything we do, on one level or another, as writers, most of our writing is informed by our world view.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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To change what you get, you must change who you are.
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I really try to get eight hours of sleep, and I really try not to go out after a Tuesday or Friday night show because I know I have a two-show day the following day.
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My writing voice is a little quirkier, more singer-songwriter-y than the Top 40 stuff I cover.
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As a kid growing up, I wanted the Allen Iverson shoes that came out, the Questions. My dad got them for me, so I was excited about that.
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Let us all pledge to protect this opportunity in order to see that the wish of peace becomes a true and daily fact in this region.
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Lebanon, Israel, Ireland, South Africa - wherever there is a bleeding sore on the body of the world, the same hard-eyed narrow-minded fanatics are busy, indifferent to life, in love with death.
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We can make aircrafts that can navigate a maze of hallways.
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The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.
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I watched TV religiously when I was a kid, but nowadays - with the Internet - there's so many people writing about TV on the Internet, that everything's sort of under a magnifying glass.
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The good news is world population growth rate decreases systematically and is expected to reach zero by 2050, thanks to urbanisation and women's education.
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I enjoy practicing law too much to even contemplate retiring, but I often think about engaging in serious study of the history of art, of the intricacies of classical music. I could write a fugue, or perhaps learn to play the cello.
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When Phil turned up it was a great kick up the ass for me ... It provided me with some really good competition. I had probably got into a bit of a rut. When Phil joined it was a completely fresh attitude.
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The experience of poetry could bring my mother back to me. Poetry offers a different kind of solace - here on earth.
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The Fox News cable channel is doing very well because there is a market for what Fox News has to offer.
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As far as keeping my sanity, it's something I've only recently tried to focus on as a means of self-preservation.
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Love and magic have a great deal in common. They enrich the soul, delight the heart. And they both take practice.
