Carolyn Hax (Carolyn Hanley Hax) Quotes
You can't make people like you under the best of circumstances, and you certainly can't make them like you while you're actively badgering them on what you perceive to be their failures of conscience.
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Put simply, the doctrine of 'Fair Use' applies to content republished from copyrightable material and how much of that content is, literally, fair to use.
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There are a lot of shows that have secrets and string people along and use the secrets of the narrative engine to keep people coming back every week. I don't know if those programs even have an answer. I don't know how they build their shows.
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I can't wait to start something up myself that is actually about giving unsigned bands the exposure they deserve, especially when they travel so far to play the smallest gig they've ever played in their lives.
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My hope is that shows like 'Fresh Off the Boat' open the door for even more of those kinds of characters for Asian actors and actresses.
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Every day is a new experience and I take it as it comes.
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I'm very comfortable with where history will judge me.
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I don't know what heavy penance I would not have gladly undertaken rather than practice prayer.
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If I had foreseen Hiroshima and Nagasaki, I would have torn up my formula in 1905.
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We're never going to escape the idea of being young. Which I don't mind myself. I mean, who wants to grow up anyway?
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We ran him and he just couldn't run.
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A loss (Sunday) would have meant your back was against the wall and you're pretty much fighting week to week just to survive. To wind up 5-3, this puts you in a much better position. ... It gives you the feeling that you're fighting for it rather than trying to come off the floor.
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I called my son Jett and I wanted to call my daughter Qantas, but my wife wouldn't let me.
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Our yesterdays present irreparable things to us; it is true that we have lost opportunities which will never return, but God can transform this destructive anxiety into a constructive thoughtfulness for the future. Let the past sleep, but let it sleep on the bosom of Christ. Leave the Irreparable Past in His hands, and step out into the Irresistible Future with Him.
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I've been tiny since I was four, and I eat whatever I want.
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Definiteness of purpose with positive mental attitude is the starting point of all worthwhile achievement.
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In the center of a hurricane there is absolute peace and quiet. There is no safer place than in the center of the will of God.
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Always do what's best for you. It'll upset some people, but those who truly love you will always understand.
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You will never know how sharp a sword is unless it's drawn from its sheath.
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I think when you're a writer most of what you read influences you. The rhythms get into your head.
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I had thought a lot about unmarried life during my years as an unmarried woman - which was all during my 20s and into my 30s. I was someone who didn't have a ton of relationships as a single person - and so I had a sharp identification with singlehood.
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You can't make people like you under the best of circumstances, and you certainly can't make them like you while you're actively badgering them on what you perceive to be their failures of conscience.
