Tracy Chevalier Quotes
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The great thing about writing is that it has to work without that invisible layer of the reader's added knowledge.
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I do what I believe the Lord did, and that is walk in love with all mankind, which I don't see a lot of Christians doing. Christians can be so judgmental that it can turn off people who are considering converting. It makes me a little embarrassed, to tell you the truth, when I hear Christians criticizing others.
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I would like to do a duet with Taylor Hanson, because I have loved Hanson since I was 8.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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Forty percent of my portfolio is in the U.S. In the rest of the world, most of the places I invest in or invested in are Brazil, Russia, Germany with a little bit of Turkey, China, India, France and Israel sprinkled in there.
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My whole life is a theater piece.
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We're raising a generation of kids who are being overly praised for incredibly minor accomplishments. I think it's counter-productive.
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I had a lot of alone time with no brothers or sisters running around, or anything. I would just sit and imagine things, all the time.
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Kirmizi biber has a sweet aroma and can vary in spiciness.
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Arguments over grammar and style are often as fierce as those over IBM versus Mac, and as fruitless as Coke versus Pepsi and boxers versus briefs.
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I suppose I didn't cry in all the cancer crap stuff because I felt I couldn't lose the battle, and part of the battle was holding myself together.
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At Barca, players were banned from driving their sports cars to training.
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I grew up in Oakland and Berkeley, California.
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Wearing modest clothing is a belief, and I'm not going to say that every Muslim woman is in my shoes, but the majority of us do have a choice.
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I never worry about being driven to drink; I just worry about being driven home.
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I think somehow men understand other men's need for respect differently than they understand it for a woman. I'm disappointed to have to say that, but I think it's undeniably true.
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Blacks who have not succumbed to the victim culture have been, are, and will be doing quite well - all on their own, without handouts, affirmative action, and other patronizing measures.
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I always wanted to be an actor.
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One day when Pooh was thinking, he thought he would go and see Eeyore, because he hadn't seen him since yesterday.
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It was actually Peter's idea that I should make the film. He called me in the very beginning, and I hadn't even read the book. So I read it and I liked it very much and I knew I'd certainly like to do it.
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I wrote a children's book because children have the most open minds. They are the people who really want to learn.
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I don't play with a lot of finesse. I usually play like I'm breaking out of jail!
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I have consistently loved books that I've read when I've been sick in bed.
