Samuel Butler Quotes
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My inspiration for writing is all the wonderful books that I read as a child and that I still read. I think that for those of us who write, when we find a wonderful book written by someone else, we don't really get jealous, we get inspired, and that's kind of the mark of what a good writer is.
Patricia MacLachlan
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When you get to be over 80, your coordination goes to hell and a half.
Ralph Baer
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Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are.
Quentin Crisp
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It's impossible for China to keep 10 to 15% growth annually. The economy needed to slow down, and we have to learn to slow down.
Jack Ma
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I don't think that - you know, I'm sure that there's guys that are doing it, because I'm sure in every sport there's players who want to get the edge. But I think that it's been blown overly - way more than guys are using it in our game.
Rafael Palmeiro
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A friend of mine said, no matter what I do I always look like an English teacher. She actually said, you still look like a Campbell's Soup kid.
Kate Clinton
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I have one of these bodies. When I was younger, I could never put weight on, and now that I'm a little older, there's a natural sort of chubbiness coming. But honestly, if I work out for a week, it drops off in no time.
Idris Elba
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I'm extremely determined and ambitious.
Tamra Davis
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Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.
Talib Kweli
Black Star
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Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for.
Aaron Sorkin
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The three-thousand hitting thing was the first time I let individual pressure get to me. I was uptight about it. When I saw the hit going through, I had a sigh of relief more than anything.
Carl Yastrzemski
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
Karen Salmansohn
