Laura Wade Quotes
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Watching a whole cluster of friends, and my own mother, die over quite a short space of time convinced me that purely materialist 'explanations' for our mysterious human existence simply won't do - on an intellectual level.
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The world needs some help.
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You know they're not going to lose 162 consecutive games.
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The first thing people say to me when they meet me is, 'You're so much skinner in person.' You have to live up to these standards that are so unrealistic. I try to tune it out.
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I have programmed myself to be at least 105 years old.
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Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing.
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The country has undergone a profound social upheaval, the greatest the proletariat has ever known.
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I'm a big 'American Idol' watcher, and sometimes I like to watch 'America's Got Talent.' Those are big, corny admissions, but sometimes it's so fun to see those kids really sing their hearts out.
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Hillary Clinton almost got to be president. The reasons why she didn't become president had to do with bad judgments about how to handle the early caucus states, which is not a gender-specific trait.
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To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth.
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I think the first step is to understand that forgiveness does not exonerate the perpetrator. Forgiveness liberates the victim. It's a gift you give yourself.
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All of my main characters have been under 30.
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I've had to be tough my whole life.
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The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress.
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We do violence to the consciousness of a past age when we divide what was indivisible to it: the one sacred truth of the Christian creed.
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I want love, because love is the best feeling in the whole world.
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In some ways, technology keeps on enhancing us, and we embrace it.
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We're all interconnected. For example, a simple lack of fresh water can lead to population dislocation, which can lead to political radicalization, which can lead to great pressure on the states that receive refugees because of a migrating population.
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I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention.
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I am a gay American.
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I think Hollywood makes the mistake of mixing all these identities and cultures, mostly from the Middle East.
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Economists are evaluated on how intelligent they sound, not on a scientific measure of their knowledge of reality. (page 85)
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Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer. Reluctantly.
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I don't like writing with real people in mind.
