Tracy Chevalier Quotes
That's how fossil hunting is: It takes over, like a hunger, and nothing else matters but what you find. And even when you find it, you still start looking again the next minute, because there might be something even better waiting.
Quotes to Explore
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The cool thing about my profession is that I can do it until the day I die.
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I used the diabetes as my weapon. Of course, I was only hurting myself and making myself sicker, but I guess it was something I had to go through. I never went overboard so much that I really hurt myself, but my early teenage years were very tough.
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Although the evidence at this trial shows that Charles Manson was the leader of the conspiracy to commit these murders, there is no evidence that he actually personally killed any of the seven victims in this case.
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Suggesting a married Jesus is one thing, but questioning the Resurrection undermines the very heart of Christian belief.
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I never said I was a genius.
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It is not necessary that whilst I live I live happily; but it is necessary that so long as I live I should live honourably.
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My song 'Play It Again' is a perfect example of my music because the verses go so hard, and they're so urban; and then this pop hook comes out of nowhere and socks you in the face and makes you want to dance.
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It is because of me that today the union government has sanctioned special funds for the development of Bihar.
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I would like to be where Diana Rigg or Judi Dench is, but I expect it is as good as it is going to get.
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You might say that Richard Wagner was the Queen Victoria of Europe. He had musical children everywhere!
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If you're holding out for universal popularity, I'm afraid you will be in this cabin for a very long time.
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There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don't allow yourself to become one of them.
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Once upon a time there was a piece of wood. It was not an expensive piece of wood. Far from it. Just a common block of firewood, one of those thick, solid logs that are put on the fire in winter to make cold rooms cozy and warm.
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And humility in politics means accepting that one party doesn't have all the answers; recognising that working in partnership is progress not treachery.
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I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game.
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They put it on the page because it sounded good or it looked good or they read it in a book somewhere that this is how you structure a script or something, and they just don't get it. It's surprising.
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Actually I've never had formal training, I was lucky enough to continue working most of my career and aside from sitting in on a couple of classes, here and there, I basically just use my own instincts.
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I was preppy, then suddenly switched around age 14. I asked my mother to go to this vintage store, and she let me buy a leopard swing coat, pink cigarette pants, and lime-green gloves.
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Just once, I would like there to be something special about being the kid stuck in the middle.
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The only road to the highest stations in this country is that of the law.
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Why, what's the matter, That you have such a February face, So full of frost, of storm and cloudiness?
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That's how fossil hunting is: It takes over, like a hunger, and nothing else matters but what you find. And even when you find it, you still start looking again the next minute, because there might be something even better waiting.
