Carolyn Hax (Carolyn Hanley Hax) Quotes

One helpful thing to keep in mind as a retort-stopper is that you won't "win," you won't change anyone's mind, you won't change any votes, you won't make the atmosphere in the room any better, YOU won't feel any better.

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• I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.

  

  Samuel Goldwyn
  • Think
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  • Should

• I was very shy and reserved, so it was a bit contradictory to get into politics.

  

  Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
  • Politics
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• When service members are discharged, we should express our gratitude for their profound personal sacrifice, not hand them a bill for their hospital food.

  

  Barbara Boxer
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• I mean, it's fun for us to talk about issues. You know, there's no one issue we spend a lot of time on probably, because he gets to do that all day with somebody else who's a lot more expert at issues than I am.

  

  Laura Bush
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• The problem is that the economy isn't growing fast enough to accommodate the level of spending produced through the democratic process.

  

  Jack Kemp
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• I didn't realize it. It looks like my career happened overnight, but it didn't. I was basically living on my own from when I was 17 on.

  

  Kate Moss
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  • Living
  • Realize

• India I have visited a great many times, though there is a lot about it I will never understand.

  

  Damon Galgut
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• I'm an incredibly intelligent, insightful human being.

  

  A. J. Bowen
  • Human
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• Most people are sceptical about the wrong things and gullible about the wrong things.

  

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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  • Gullible

• Strange as these words may sound I often play with the idea that when all the social theories collapse and wars and revolutions leave humanity in utter gloom, the poet - whom Plato banned from his Republic - may rise up to save us all.

  

  Isaac Bashevis Singer
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• I really don't like talking about diets.

  

  Bess Myerson

• Scientists are being portrayed by much of the power structure in politics and business as having a vested interest - that they're just out to get more grant money by exaggerating the threats.

  

  David Suzuki
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• Normally, at a debate or a town hall, I would be quick to say to someone, 'That was rude,' or, 'We're going to try to keep it civil here,' or, 'Let's not have personal attacks.'

  

  Jake Tapper
  • Rude

• There was an undercurrent of poverty throughout my childhood. We lived with my grandmother in her two-bedroom flat, and I slept with my parents. We had cheap holidays, I had to save for my bike and get a paper round as soon as I was old enough.

  

  Bernard Hill
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• I was never a Lime Wire guy because it's too much hassle to find the song.

  

  Trent Reznor Nine Inch Nails
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• Twitter is short-form, real-time, and text-based. It's built for instant alerts and rapid consumption. It is an ideal system for delivering sips of information from an abundant stream.

  

  Om Malik
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• I have a family I love. They tend to say, 'Great job!' Or 'You work really hard! Good for you!' Or 'You look nice today!' Or 'Don't be ridiculous, order the fries!' Or 'You are hilarious.' That's all the family I need.

  

  Sia LSD
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• True love is not a strong, fiery, impetuous passion. It is, on the contrary, an element calm and deep. It looks beyond mere externals, and is attracted by qualities alone. It is wise and discriminating, and its devotion is real and abiding.

  

  Ellen G. White
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  • True
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• Our first 100 rides took us one-and-a-half years from the time we started in January 2011. It was only after that we started scaling up rapidly.

  

  Bhavish Aggarwal
  • Up
  • Time

• Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds ...

  

  George Eliot

• I've never had trouble sleeping in my life.

  

  Jonathan Groff
  • Life

• Surviving is the only glory in war.

  

  Samuel Fuller
  • War
  • Glory
  • Surviving

• One helpful thing to keep in mind as a retort-stopper is that you won't "win," you won't change anyone's mind, you won't change any votes, you won't make the atmosphere in the room any better, YOU won't feel any better.

  

  Carolyn Hax
  • Mind
  • Winning
  • Vote