Tracy Chevalier Quotes
Younger women tend to be busier, wearing more layers and more make-up. I don't know if it's because older women are more confident, or just that we don't care any more. But that pared-down approach is the same with the sentences I write; I take out adjectives and adverbs and keep the description to a minimum.
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Let me just say as one who has been speaker of the House, I've had to have a very thick skin about every kind of thing that was thrown at me.
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Perhaps I'm particularly serious, because I'm not unaware of the potential absurdity of what I'm doing.
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I am aware of the sufferings of women in India, which is also the suffering of women in many, many countries on our planet. My heart is filled with empathy and love for them.
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Geniuses don't have better ideas than the rest of us. They just have more of them.
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I'm not religious, I'm not romantic and I live purely by logic. I make every decision by logic and sometimes that leads me to the right and sometimes to the wrong decision.
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'Wicked' gave us a story that 'The Wizard of Oz' did not. Two sides to every story.
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I definitely like performing to a crowd that's there to see a female hero.
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The city has to do what any citizen or family does, when you have a dream. You tighten your belt. You sacrifice some luxuries. Above all, you don't waste a dime.
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But whether a couple is a man and a woman has everything to do with the meaning of marriage.
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You can hit as many revolutions as you want, but women are always going to wear uncomfortable shoes that look good.
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But I like to think an athlete is an athlete.
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If we don't empower ourselves with knowledge, then we're gonna be led down a garden path.
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What happens when you get any kind of entrenched power is that it just becomes kind of corrupt and self-serving.
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All the modern christian churches have no more authority to preach, baptize, or administer any other ordinance of the gospel than the idolatrous Hindoos have.
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My point has always been that, ever since the Industrial Revolution, science fiction has been the most important genre there is.
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If reincarnation is a useful biological idea it is certain that somewhere in the universe it will happen.
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I like being surrounded by people who have very little fear and very little respect for the past - not in a negative way, but in a positive way. They appreciate everything that's been done, but they constantly look for how to do it better.
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Now I am older, I understand we have to accept who we are.
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Experimental high energy physics research is a group effort. I have been very fortunate to have had outstanding students and colleagues who have made invaluable contributions to the research with which I have been associated.
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I'm an extra in your story. Well, you're an extra in mine, boy.
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The actual writing time is a lot shorter than the thinking time. I don't do too many notes. I keep it mostly in my head. I usually start writing a new book around January, and it's due October 1.
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It's really weird watching the government watch me.
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Younger women tend to be busier, wearing more layers and more make-up. I don't know if it's because older women are more confident, or just that we don't care any more. But that pared-down approach is the same with the sentences I write; I take out adjectives and adverbs and keep the description to a minimum.
