Raymond Carver Quotes
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As a mom, you do what you have to do without even thinking about it.
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For me, I never, never, from the moment I started acting, had a desire to be famous.
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If the lyrics are something new, then maybe I want to give it a more traditional form, or the other way around, but not have all one or the other.
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It is only a step from boredom to disillusionment, which leads naturally to self-pity, which in turn ends in chaos.
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I love Chicago. I lived there briefly for three months and kept a boat under one of those space-age buildings. It was very Jetsons.
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Sarcasm is like cheap wine - it leaves a terrible aftertaste.
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I'm very curious to know what it's like, death - I always say to my wife, 'I wonder if we'll have the 'New York Times' when we're dead.'
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Men's competitive team sports focus on the balance between individual achievement and team achievement with the emphasis on team achievement.
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We as the governments, workers, employers and civil society must declare a war on child labour. This war cannot be won without strong, committed, coherent, and well-resourced worldwide movement. Equally needed is a genuine and active coordination between intergovernmental agencies at the highest level.
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I'm not a shouter, and I'm not a bully.
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I never fall in love.
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Phrase books seem to be a universal and eternal source of hilarity and I think I know why. Their authors go mad in the course of compiling them.
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If you want to talk about luck, we're normally sailing where it's 600 meters (2,000 feet) deep ... The good news is no one was hurt. The crew hardly got wet.
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The best book, like the best speech, will do it all - make us laugh, think, cry and cheer - preferably in that order.
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We invite people in the West End to come find out how you can be a part and find out how you can make the neighborhood the best place to live.
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When you look at people who are successful, you will find that they aren't the people who are motivated, but have consistency in their motivation.
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The fiercest of beasts is the human. He kills even when he's not hungry.
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Acting makes me feel broke again, it makes me feel unaccomplished.
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If you care too much about Singapore, first it'll break your spirit, and finally it will break your heart.
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Gena Rowlands is my all-time love. Nicole Kidman, Michelle Pfeiffer. I grew up watching their work; they are extraordinary.
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Poor Mr. Pickwick! ... If he played a wrong card, Miss Bolo looked a small armoury of daggers; if he stopped to consider which was the right one, Lady Snuphanuph would throw herself back in her chair, and smile with a mingled glance of impatience and pity to Mrs. Colonel Wugsby, at which Mrs. Colonel Wugsby would shrug up her shoulders, and cough, as much as to say she wondered whether he ever would begin.
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Just watching him out there tonight was something special.
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He wondered if she wondered if he were watching her.
