Alice Mattison Quotes
I began to see, again and again, stories that were first confusing and second where the emotional impact was muted because the big scene came before the explanation of what was going on. There was a reverse chronological order as well as a concealment of what exactly was going on. I think often that comes out of the fear of being boring, and sometimes I think it's just an attempt to seem clever.
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I really don't care if people know who I am or what's said about me.
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Power focuses on self-preservation; principle focuses on making ideas successful.
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Frankly, alcohol leads to a lot of other things when you start drinking at 12-years old. It is a big problem that needs to be addressed. Frankly, the industry has pushed us back and pushed us back.
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Certainly, in Italy, nobody takes light for granted.
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The factor most ignored in discussing interstellar flight is the kinetic energy that must be invested in the ship to make its tons of matter move at a substantial fraction of the speed of light.
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It's very satisfying to promote science and education and see good results. Setting a good example for young people, being a role model, is very important for me.
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Holding individuals accountable for corporate wrongdoing isn't ideological; it's good law enforcement.
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I think life is a chain of events.
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No matter what, I still was gonna make music, even if it was on a small scale. Even if it was just for me.
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Hemingway is terribly limited. His technique is good for short stories, for people who meet once in a bar very late at night, but do not enter into relations. But not for the novel.
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Always remember, Peggy, it's matrimonial suicide to be jealous when you have a really good reason.
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I'm fulfilled in what I do... I never thought that a lot of money or fine clothes - the finer things of life - would make you happy. My concept of happiness is to be filled in a spiritual sense.
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Civilization rests on the fact that most people do the right thing most of the time.
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We're taught as a society what is acceptable for women to look like and what's not. And where fat should be and shouldn't. And I think it's important to sometimes reprogram ourselves and recondition ourselves to not have so much negativity toward our own bodies.
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The new pope knows that his task is to make the light of Christ shine before men and women of world - not his own light, but that of Christ.
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If we Argentines dare to unite, we will be unstoppable.
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I really believe that my family's infrequency of getting sick is due to our diet.
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Over the past few years, many of us have increasingly begun to question the direction and meaning of our society as it has developed over the past several centuries.
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Some on commission, some for the love of learning, Some because they have nothing better to do Or because they hope these walls of books will deaden The drumming of the demon in their ears.
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But being quiet and meditating on sound is something completely different and will be discovered very soon by a lot of people who feel that the visual world doesn't reach their soul anymore.
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Think about any attachments that are depleting your emotional reserves. Consider letting them go.
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I learned from my parents to do my best to not react to negative emotions. I try to think about what has happened and find the lessons that can be learned from these difficult experiences. I try to deal with these negative emotions right away because, if they stay inside, they can hurt and do a lot of damage. I release them as soon as possible so I can be free.
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I began to see, again and again, stories that were first confusing and second where the emotional impact was muted because the big scene came before the explanation of what was going on. There was a reverse chronological order as well as a concealment of what exactly was going on. I think often that comes out of the fear of being boring, and sometimes I think it's just an attempt to seem clever.
