Carolyn Keene (Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson) Quotes
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Tell the truth.
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In the villages in Europe, there are still healers who tell stories.
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Songwriters tell the truth.
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Nobody can tell me where I can and can't go.
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It's not about what you tell the reader, it's about what you conceal.
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Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
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I don't really believe in stories, only in the people who tell them.
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The scene is dull. Tell him to put more life into his dying.
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I'm down to bleach my eyebrows again. I tell you what, though - that didn't go down well with my boyfriend. Girls love it. Guys, not so into it.
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Once people tell me I can't do stuff, I'm going to go and make it happen.
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Didn't the other guys tell you? Nobody dunks on Manute B-O-L!
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Tell my friends to get me out of here.
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Everything begins with the resolve to take the first step. From that action, wisdom arises and change begins. Without action, nothing changes.
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No woman should have a memory. Memory in a woman is the beginning of dowdiness. One can always tell from a woman's bonnet whether she has got a memory or not.
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There was so much in you that charmed me that I felt I must tell you something about yourself. I thought how tragic it would be if you were wasted.
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If you love people, they kill you. If you need people, they kill you. They do I tell you!
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What you put into it is what you're going to get out of it. If you're getting the chance to step into the octagon, you better be going full speed and give it everything you've got.
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No one ever dies an atheist.
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I thought, 'Okay, what's going to be my edge, and how am I going to define what I'm doing differently?' Once I had that key idea of the software developer as an artist, once I had that idea, a whole bunch of other ideas flowed from that, because I realized that I need to go study the music industry, I need to study the book publishing and Hollywood and figure out how they do things, why they do them that way, and then I need to borrow, and rearrange, the things that they're doing to fit my industry so that I can invent and create this new industry.
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I try to view the challenges in my life not as annoyances, but as confirmations of fortitude.
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I think we underestimate the importance of kindness sometimes. We understand the power of just a little tiny bit of kindness. It could be the catalyst for something so important. Sometimes just a tiny little gesture or an acknowledgment can make all the difference in turning somebody's life around. I think it has a trickle down effect, when you pass on what you receive without even knowing it. We also underestimate our own power to make a difference with the decisions that we make, every day.
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What we need is a government with authority but without authoritarianism.
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There was only one sentence in it. ‘Tell no one about the 99 steps. Monsieur Neuf’!”
