Rex Stout Quotes
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I see my daft surname as a positive thing. It first dawned on me that I had a comical name when someone called me 'Fishface' on my first day at school. I've heard all the fish jokes since then, many times over.
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I think my best friend is dry shampoo and dry texturizer spray.
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I don't sit under the tattoo gun unless I'm sold on it completely and it will define me as a person.
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I'd hate this to get out but I really like opera.
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I think Democrats are right. We fight for the American dream, for the environment, for privacy rights, a woman's right to choose, a good public education system.
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I like Pirate's Booty. Prunes and olives, too. I love hummus. I can eat that until I die. I tend to eat mostly organic food.
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I'd earned over a million dollars by the time I was old enough to vote.
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You'd have to think that you're at least decent, or you couldn't get up every morning and do it. I think if I live long enough, I might be pretty good
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Momma was home. She was the most totally human, human being that I have ever known, and so very beautiful. Within our home, she was an abundance of love, discipline, fun, affection, strength, tenderness, encouragement, understanding, inspiration, support.
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By the time I got to Harvard, I feel like I knew who I was, and my job there was to throw as much against the wall as possible, to see what would stick.
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If that many people recognize how hard I go every night and what I put into my game, to make myself and my team better, it means a lot to mean. I'm fortunate; I'm blessed to be in the situation that I'm in right now.
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The Federal Reserve has always recognized the importance of allowing markets to work, and government oversight of financial firms will never be fully effective without the aid of strong market discipline.
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One thing I've learned about the NBA is that you can have one good year, but you've always got to be progressing and working and making yourself better.
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I like directors who come on the set and create something that's a little dangerous, difficult or unusual.
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Only an idiot would rely on the energy of a bean or a leaf to stay awake throughout the day.
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Now run along and play, but don't get into trouble. George promised to be good. But it is easy for little monkeys to forget.
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The first time I got on stage I was 10 years old and I did impressions. I did cartoon characters and I really got the bug for this life when I saw that people were laughing and saw the attention I was getting.
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If I limit myself to knowledge that I consider true beyond doubt, I minimize the risk of error but I maximize, at the same time, the risk of missing out on what may be the subtlest, most important and most rewarding things in life.
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Mum and Dad have come to Sydney to see me off on the two trips to Wimbledon. Each time I thought I mustn't cry 'cos that'll start Mum off. Each time I really bawled, and then she started up.
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Respect is the key determinant of high performance leadership. How much people respect you determines how well they perform.
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Ozzie Smith is out there roaming around like glass.
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The Glass Key is better than anything Hemingway ever wrote
