Anthony Lawlor Quotes
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There's nothing wrong with being anthropomorphic. That's how we understand the world.
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I wrote for so many years in a bubble, the way everyone does, and there were large swaths of time where you think you're doing this for nothing. An audience is crucial, a back and forth with the invisible readers.
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When grand plans for scientific and defence technologies are made, do the people in power think about the sacrifices the people in the laboratories and fields have to make?
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All of my main characters have been under 30.
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It's good to have to put yourself in someone else's skin. It's all-consuming.
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Even the worst Bond movies, there's something to love about them.
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I choose my words very delicately because I have a divided society.
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We should all do what, in the long run, gives us joy, even if it is only picking grapes or sorting the laundry.
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Zionism is a revolutionary process. And in a revolution, you must be ready not to think too much about sentiments or human weaknesses.
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In my opinion, right up there with free public schools, our free public library system is what makes citizenship possible, even what makes America great.
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We should always be disposed to believe that that which appears white is really black, if the hierarchy of the Church so decides.
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Boxing is changing and training methods are slowly being dragged into the 21st century.
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I am an education ambassador, mainly working with schools.
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I think that, if anything, the pageant is great for people who suffer from body issues. It's all about being comfortable with what you're given and what you have and being able to flaunt it without being insecure. It's about empowering women, not making them feel weak or less.
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假如办十件事，九件是坏的，都登在报上，一定灭亡。那我就走，到农村去，率领农民推翻政府，你解放军不跟我走，我就找红军去。【在庐山会议上的讲话（１９５９年７月２３日）】
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Personal religion has a supreme value for its own sake, not merely as a feeder of social morality, but as the highest unfolding of life itself, as the blossoming of our spiritual nature. Spiritual regeneration is the most important fact in any life history. A living experience of God is the crowning knowledge attainable to a human mind.
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The simplest comment on my book came from my ballet teacher. She said, 'I wish you hadn’t made every line funny. It’s so depressing.'
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My critique of democracy begins and ends with this point. Kids must be educated to disrespect authority or else democracy is a farce.
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When performing an autopsy, even the most inveterate spiritualist would have to question where the soul is.
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Acting was always something I loved doing, but I didn't know that I would pursue it professionally. I really loved doing plays at school, but I was in a rock band and ended up going to a school for music.
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Nothing is rarer than a solitary lie; for lies breed like Surinam toads; you cannot tell one but out it comes with a hundred young ones on its back.
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When I was 13 or 14, my mother used to gift me books that I was dying to read. Those are my most memorable birthday gifts.
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Dreaming is a journey through wonder, surprise, and freedom.
