Amber Hollibaugh Quotes
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The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
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Western enthusiasm for democracy stops when those opposed to its policies are elected to office.
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You know, as any parent will say, you know, life happens.
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Lighter computers and lighter sensors would let you have more function in a given weight, which is very important if you are launching things into space, and you have to pay by the pound to put things there.
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It's abhorrent to me that somebody is just evil, and you can't explain it.
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Apparently, I'm very good at firing a gun without blinking, which is unusual. That's why so many action characters have to wear sunglasses during shoot-out scenes. That's my party trick.
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I always knew that I was going to be a writer. There was no question in my mind about that.
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Actually, if I could deliberately sit down and write a pop hit, all my songs would be pop hits! Let's put it this way. I play what I like to hear. And sometimes I like to hear something poppy, and sometimes I don't.
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Many Americans who have suffered during a recession have had to cut their spending 1 percent, and they didn't like doing it, but they were able to do it to get their family's finances back in order.
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If you look at the polling around climate change in this country before 'Sandy', that was kind of the low point in terms of Americans believing that climate change was real and that humans were causing it.
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For me, growing up in a ridiculously poor family living in dead-end neighborhoods, Superman was a deeply personal icon, one that said you can do anything if you put your mind to it. What he stood for formed the core of who I wanted to be as I grew up, and informed how I view the world and my responsibilities to other people.
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You've got to eat while you dream. You've got to deliver on short-range commitments, while you develop a long-range strategy and vision and implement it. The success of doing both. Walking and chewing gum if you will. Getting it done in the short-range, and delivering a long-range plan, and executing on that.
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True virtue is life under the direction of reason.
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I mean, I can get things done if I need to, but I can really be completely irresponsible and procrastinate until the very, very, very bitter end. In fact, sometimes I work better under pressure.
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I feel naked without jewelry. If I'm having a bad hair day, I pick something from my huge collection of hats.
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Why does my brain insist on counting the steps every time I walk up a flight of stairs? I just can't help myself. There's something about my mind that always wants to keep counting.
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Second only to the sea, the Miami sky has been the greatest comfort in my life past 50. On a good day, when the wind blows from the south, the light here is diffuse and forgiving.
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Rome is a very loony city in every respect. One needs but spend an hour or two there to realize that Fellini makes documentaries.
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We were promised sufferings. They were part of the program. We were even told, Blessed are they that morn.
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I think portraying the Joker's point of view would do a disservice to that character. As soon as you get inside his head he would lose so much power.
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I cannot accept any concept of God based on the fear of life or the fear of death, or blind faith. I cannot prove to you that there is no personal God, but if I were to speak of him I would be a liar.
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He seemed, indeed, to accept everything without the least condemnation though often grieving bitterly.
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We gain power in our refusal to accept less than we deserve.
