Angus Buchan Quotes
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I don't see divorce as a failure. I see it as the end to a story. In a story, everything has an end and a beginning.
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I'm writing what comes into my head, or through me, or from somewhere else, and it is the most extraordinary, exciting thing. I love it, and I'm very greedy, and I really enjoy it!
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Belgian chocolate is my weakness. I like over 72 percent cacao, which shows you how much of a dark chocolate snob I am.
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The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
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First and foremost, you have to remember that restaurants are businesses and they have to stay in business. And though everyone thinks they want grass fed beef, most people actually prefer the taste of corn fed - it is less dry, more marbled, and less gamey, not to mention much less expensive than grass fed.
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As a businessperson, I don't have the power to change the government. That is in the hands of the political leaders. However, as a taxpayer, we have the right to be critical of the government and demand change.
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My parents had a house on the Jersey shore - I grew up right there, going down there every summer and living there. It is home for me.
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It is so expensive to take care of my hair and keep it looking like I was born with it, when my real hair is the color of rat fur.
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Some people collect vintage cars, I collect Birkins. The leather ones are £20,000.
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Scientists tend to be skeptical, but the weakness of the community of science is that it tends to move into preformed establishment modes that say this is the only way of doing science, the only valid view.
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If you're losing, just be a man; be a man and lose as a man.
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Basketball is in my blood. It is my obligation to try.
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There's nothing more marvelously wintery than orange root veg mash; some butter is all it needs.
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The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.
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The musical has always been in jeopardy - until - or was in jeopardy until it was realised that it is probably the safest living theatre art form.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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Winston Cup and the Busch Series are two totally different leagues. You get put in different situations.
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There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
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There are other writers who try for subtle and minimalists effects, but I don't travel in that tribe.
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An increase in light gives an increase in darkness.
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When my kids were growing up, I wanted their teachers to teach them science, reading, math and history. I also wanted them to care about my kids. But I did not want my children's public school teachers teaching them religion. That was my job as a parent and the job of our church, Sunday school, and youth group.
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The problem is that modern fundamental physics is so far from you and me. The mathematics has become so much more complicated that you need at least 10 years to understand it. Fundamental physics has advanced so far from the understanding of most people that there is really a big disconnect.
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When you are thankful in all things, all of a sudden it's a new day!
